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Frauds / Re: "Bernice Falling Leaves Crowfoote" / Bernice Sophia Noad
« Last post by Sandy S on May 18, 2025, 05:47:57 am »
She was also a painter under the name "Bunny Halligan".

She changed her name legally after her mother died.

She was described as a "spiritualist and a Native American Hocule" in the 1991 book "What to do until enlightenment : healing ourselves-- healing the earth". In the 1994 book "Psycho-regression : a new system for healing & personal growth" she is "Bernice (Falling Leaves) Hucole, native American teacher, USA".

Maybe she was claiming she was Huichol?

As far as I can see, her children did not claim any Native American ancestry.

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Frauds / "Bernice Falling Leaves Crowfoote" / Bernice Sophia Noad
« Last post by Sandy S on May 18, 2025, 04:38:58 am »
She died in 2015 but she still has followers so I want to tuck in some information on her.

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Wearing her white deerskin dress, Berniece was in the movie On Deadly Ground
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151901098/bernice_halligan

She claimed she was "half-Lakota", adopted by Hopi, a mystic, "medicine woman". She did "medicine wheel" events.

She spelled her first name both Bernice and Berniece. Nickname was Bunny.
Her birth surname was Noad, step father surname Simard, married surname Halligan.
Maternal grandparents both from Denmark, paternal grandparents both from England.

As "Grandmother Bernice Falling Leaves" she ran the "Blue Moon Medicine Lodge" in Washington state.

"Kirlian photography" https://vibrantvitalwater.com/testing-research/

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Grandmother ... invited Susan to go to Hopi Land to meet her adopted Grandfather David Monongye, the Hopi spiritual leader. Grandfather told Berniece that she was part of the prophecies and adopted her into his family.

https://hilltopwellness.ca/
https://hilltopwellness.ca/2015/04/18/bernice-falling-leaves-2/

In Oct 21, 1989, Maricopa county AZ, she legally changed her name from Bernice Sophia Simard to "Bernice Falling Leaves Crowfoote". A family member on ancestry.com says that Bernice did not update all her own records to reflect this name change.
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Frauds / Re: Bennie LeBeau aka Blue Thunder
« Last post by Sandy S on May 18, 2025, 02:11:02 am »
I checked up on everyone listed in this thread.

Marcine Quenzer remains a public problem. She has multiple spammy websites, most are not updated. Her Facebook presence is current.

From her Facebook:
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I was adopted Seneca Cayuga  at the Green Corn 1993 with Hubert Sky Officiating, into the family of Amanda Bearskin Greenback, Susie Greenback as sister.

I was given the Seneca name Niyawehnsie by Medicine Man Kennesatah, 1995    pronounce nea wehn see

I was adopted at ceremony Fathers Day at Elders Celebration as sister to  Leonard Catfish Smith making me Quapaw and Seneca,  daughter to Maude Bomberry Smith, and sister to Dory Smith.

I was made sister to Ron Wahwahsuck, Potowatamie, and Bill King, Apache, 1998.

I was made Associate Artist for the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, by Chief Bearskin in Sept 2003, during Wyandotte Pow Wow and annual meeting.

I was given the name White Lynx by Earth Healer Bavado Tatun Corzon, 2016, It is Eh heauh uh Ji gohn sa seh in the ancient language of the People..

Note the mention of "Bavado", that was Bennie LeBeau. I don't see any signs of her making money currently from this.

Quenzer also here: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=439.0
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Lori Boess / Spirit Bear Arts Inc. is a possible concern.

https://www.spiritbearartsinc.com/

archived old site https://web.archive.org/web/20161031191323/http://medicinedogdrum.com/ABOUT_THE_ARTIST.html

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Lori Boess, was raised here in the Northwest  in  Olympia  area where it has been here home for over 16 years. She is an artist of focusing on her Cherokee tradition. She create drums, rattles, fans, and other art.

https://ravenredbone.com/tag/lori-boess/

(A note on Brian M. Frisina / "Raven Redbone" - he describes himself as a "Metis Radio talk show host for an Indigenous Radio Station, out of Olympia Washington". https://mixedbloodmetis.com/m%C3%A9tis-at-folklife-fest-1 I believe his use of "Metis" is inaccurate. Some of the people he interviews are frauds.)

Lori Boess also mentioned here http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3644.0
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Non-Frauds / Re: NAFPS Is Proud to Work With Or Be Used As a Resource By...
« Last post by educatedindian on May 07, 2025, 10:20:57 pm »
Long overdue, an update on people who support us, work with us, use us as a resource, and are helped by us.

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FB Group https://www.facebook.com/StopMisuseofCeremonies and https://forgetwinnetou.com/
Winnetou the original Nuage Pretend nonsense written by Karl May, still popular in Europe esp Germany.

https://medium.com/@trellian.black/new-age-frauds-plastic-shamans-4bf9d8c340c2

https://pretendians.com/ A few are members here. Some of their targets or methods I don't agree with.

European academic Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review
Volume 4, Issue 2, 2013 Legitimization Strategies within the Cultic Milieu
Anne Kalvig Pages 228-244 https://doi.org/10.5840/asrr2013424
"Shamans in High Heels"
https://www.pdcnet.org/asrr/content/asrr_2013_0004_0002_0228_0244?file_type=pdf

Chi-Nations Youth Council (CNYC) youth and adults with a mission to create a supportive, open environment for Native Youth
https://chinations.org/statement-liam-opliam-mcdonald-monetizing-off-fraudulent-native-identity-and-co-opting-of-indigenous-peoples-day/

Quoted on Reddit threads
https://www.reddit.com/user/NAFPS/comments/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/3l0ft3/does_the_native_american_word_aho_often_used_in/

Daily Good
https://www.dailygood.org/story/2001/the-sunray-peace-village-elissa-melaragno/?t=showComment&cid=7561

U of CA in an article on Joan Scheer AKA Oh Shinnah Fastwolf
https://ucanr.edu/sites/default/files/2013-04/165727.pdf

FB group https://www.facebook.com/people/Native-Charlatans-Wabos-and-other-Fakers/100095535695511/

Wisconsin LGBTQ paper
https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/center-the-movement-not-you/

Latino pride page, half a dozen articles referencing us to warn others.
https://mexika.org/category/new-age-fraud-conspiracy-nonsense/

Interfaith site
https://stateofformation.org/2015/09/making-the-unconscious-conscious-why-interfaith-communities-struggle-with-racial-diversity/

Academic article
Indigenous North American Sundance Rites
March 2025 DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_1683-1
In book: Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior (pp.1-7)
Authors: E.C. Coombs    University of Alberta
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389911711_Indigenous_North_American_Sundance_Rites

Nature lovers site
https://thewanderers.guide/blogs/news/a-beginners-guide-to-native-american-culture

Poetry and nature lovers site
https://gertloveday.wordpress.com/2018/09/19/the-path-of-pollen-or-frauds-freuds-7/

Cult research site
Music Of Mind Control with Micah: An exploration into the musical output of religious cults, new religious movements, and individuals of a spiritually inspired and divine nature.
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/112746

Articles on Margaret Noodin
https://www.scribd.com/document/681148924/New-Age-Fraud-Noodin-Forum-Archive

Even a site on Atlantis
https://atlantipedia.ie/samples/tag/carl-feagan/

Someone who got fooled by Lynn Andrews' fraud got called out on it.
https://culturalglimpse.com/2014/11/14/writing-to-change-the-world/

Academic site Wisconsin
https://madisonnewmusic.org/2021

The forum for the metal band Nightwish, discussing John Allen Hill.
https://www.nightwish.online/topic/143-john-two-hawks/

Genealogy site
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/586674/list-of-unrecognized-tribes-or-native-clubs-in-us

Academic article
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opth-2022-0235/html

Skeptic site
https://edzardernst.com/2022/07/wild-reiki-and-shamanic-healing-no-thanks/

Reason article on eagle feathers
https://reason.com/2016/01/27/state-agents-investigate-yoga-instructor/

Academic
Journal of Religion, Nature and Culture
Native American Traditions, Depth Psychology, and Postcolonial Theory
Author Joy H. Greenberg Independent Scholar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.v7i1.88
https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JSRNC/article/view/4649

Archaeology Review
https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2018/12/megan-fox-and-the-american-giants-legends-of-the-lost-review-of-episode-3/

Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/CSU%20San%20Marcos%20App%20%28Hispanic-Serving%20Institutions%29%20%281%29.pdf

Star Wars fan forum, warning on imposter who also claimed to be in the films
https://forum.rebelscum.com/threads/autographed-hal-walmsley-jawa-is-a-fraud-selling-on-ebay.1079132/

Articles on ayahuasca tourism
https://independent.academia.edu/jeronimomm

Metis Museum
https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/149772.EFN%202009%2009%20Sept.pdf

Psychiatric social work
https://www.academia.edu/22885366/PLASTIC_SHAMAN_I_AM_OR_NOT_SO_MUCH

Daily Kos article
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/12/27/931817/-

Cultural appropriation article
https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/what-is-cultural-appropriation/
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Frauds / Re: Joan Scheer AKA Penny McKelvey AKA "Oh Shinnah Fastwolf"
« Last post by Sandy S on May 06, 2025, 11:55:41 pm »
Important context for the Joan Scheer "Oh Shinnah Fastwolf" story:

Her people were from Germany, Ireland, England. They moved to Colorado to exploit the land, seeking silver and gold wealth.

The area Indigenous people were then "displaced from their ancestral hunting grounds" and "force marched to Utah".

( Historical info: https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/brunot-agreement
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/blm/co/10/chap5.htm )

Her people (4 generations in mining country Colorado) can be tracked through vital records, census, lode mining claims, and Silverton newspaper articles. This is where Joan Scheer was born. These are her people. All of them white colonizers.
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Frauds / Re: Mary Teal Bosworth AKA Teal Swan
« Last post by Sparks on May 06, 2025, 07:16:17 pm »
Quote from: Sparks on September 23, 2019, 11:40:54 pm
Quote from: Sparks on September 23, 2019, 11:14:47 pm
However, I found the full article posted here, too: http://www.integralworld.net/scofield9.html
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Reposted from www.gurumag.com (December 26, 2018) with permission of the author.
The original contains more videos of Teal Swan

Here is the original: https://gurumag.com/the-gucci-guru-inside-teal-swans-posh-cult/

Many pictures, many links, more videos, many of those no longer available, though.

The Integral World link above now yields:
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This article has been unpublished at the request of Teal Swan's lawyer.

Fortunately, the Guru Magazine article is still there with all its details.
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Frauds / Re: Lorraine Simone AKA Deep Arrow Woman
« Last post by educatedindian on May 06, 2025, 04:40:13 pm »
Continuing from the Scheer thread, the notorious fraud calling herself Oh Shinnah Fastwolf, an obvious German American con artist who posed as Apache and Mohawk and passed off bits of pretend Buddhism as pretend Native. Her follower and fellow con artist Simone's fraud:

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https://bbsradio.com/guestson/guest-lorraine-simone
Lorraine Simone, M.S. Ed. in Environmental Science...In 1990 Ms. Simone founded Moonfire Meeting House on Eastern Long Island...also the editor of its newsletter called Ways of the Talking Stick. Ms. Simone started The School of Women's Ways in 1995...programs such as Compassionate Communication, A Goddess for All Seasons, and Vibrational Medicine Ways, and teaches workshops...

...her retail store, Planet Earth, in Manhattan in 1985, she met Oh Shinnáh Fast Wolf, a renowned Apache-Mohawk teacher, with whom she has maintained an apprenticeship for eighteen years. Oh Shinnáh dreamed the Spirit name Deep Arrow Woman for Ms. Simone, as is the tradition of her people, and performed a naming ceremony for her. Today Deep Arrow Woman initiates her own apprentices who form the back bone of Moonfire Meeting House as the Deep Arrow Lodge.

...leads groups of non-native participants on an annual quest for transformation called The Journey of the Waters, an ancient cellular healing and initiation ceremony of the people called Apache.

Ms. Simone's inspirational CDs and forthcoming, "Spiritual Quest - Tools and Practices for the Everyday Shaman..."

Deep Arrow maintains a spiritual counseling practice in Southampton and Manhattan and facilitates "A Circle of Women" from Montauk to Manhattan...

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"Cellular ceremony?" Whatever that gibberish means, it's not one bit Apache. Neither is her phony name. Just like Fastwolf, it's an obvious imitation of Plains tribe naming.

"Moonfire?" Do these European play actors hear how silly they sound? Just call it the Flaming Menstruation Hangout.
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Frauds / Lorraine Simone AKA Deep Arrow Woman, Moonfire Meeting House
« Last post by Sandy S on May 05, 2025, 12:30:53 am »
A top follower of Joan Scheer is still active. "Deep Arrow Woman" / Lorraine Simone is still doing her deep arrow woman thing.

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Moonfire Meeting House, a center for holistic wellness, earth education and spiritual unfolding, was founded in 1990 by Lorraine Simone, M.S. Ed., also known to many of you as Deep Arrow Woman.

https://moonfiremeetinghouse.com/about/

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THE Rev. Lorraine Simone, also known by her Indian spirit name, Deep Arrow Woman, held a stick festooned with yarn and seashells. She instructed a group of 10 women and one man to pass it around and feel its vibrations, telling them the stick contained the energy ''of a lot of lives.''

During a five-hour workshop called ''The Goddess in Winter: a Guide to Rebirth,'' Ms. Simone, 53, sometimes broke into chants she identified as coming from an Indian tribe in the Pacific Northwest. At other times she shook two brightly colored rattles.

''I'm going to try and teach you how to die and to prepare for a new life in the spirit,'' she told the group.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140220121124/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/nyregion/it-s-not-what-they-taught-in-catholic-sunday-school.html

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Ms. Simone said she had been initiated as a ceremonialist by Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf, an Apache and Mohawk elder and author, and had studied tribal cultures for 18 years. ''I don't feel I'm some non-native person ripping off native tradition,'' she said. ''I've put in my time and am constantly studying.''

https://web.archive.org/web/20150527202723/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/nyregion/it-s-not-what-they-taught-in-catholic-sunday-school.html?pagewanted=2

"Indian tribe in the Pacific Northwest" - which one? If we define PNW as roughly WA, OR, ID states, that is over 40 federally recognized tribes. Probably she was singing something garbled and made up. If not, did she have permission?
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Frauds / Re: Joan Scheer AKA Penny McKelvey AKA "Oh Shinnah Fastwolf"
« Last post by Sandy S on May 04, 2025, 08:59:57 pm »
In the Santa Rosa CA newspaper The Press Democrat, "Kaiwie Fastwolf" a "Native American bead worker" was highlighted in articles published in 1988 and 1995.

She said she was adopted by "Oh shinnah Fastwolf" when she was 12 years old. That Fastwolf gave her a traditional upbringing. She also claimed maternal Mohawk heritage for herself.

None of this is true.

"Kaiwie Fastwolf" is not her birth name. Her actual genealogy can be found. Paternal side is recent Austrian. As for maternal, this is a very well researched line available through ancestry.com - all white folks.

Obviously Joan Scheer/ Oshinnah Fastwolf (spellings of the fraud name vary) could not provide anyone with a traditional indigenous upbringing.

Kaiwie continues to use the name Fastwolf even though Joan Scheer was asked to stop doing so.

She is listed as one of Joan Scheer/Oshinnah Fastwolf's children in obit. 

She appears to still hold herself out as a Native American expert on beading and other material culture. I don't see signs of her currently doing gallery showings or selling her work. In the past she did so, for profit. That was unethical and against the law.
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Frauds / Re: Joan Scheer AKA Penny McKelvey AKA "Oh Shinnah Fastwolf"
« Last post by educatedindian on May 04, 2025, 08:55:55 pm »
Quote from: Sandy S on May 04, 2025, 04:23:10 pm
Her grotesque lies were endless.

She claimed she did an Apache initiation involving emerging from kivas, running with water in her mouth, spitting the water into natural earth depressions. She said both boys and girls had to do this. And that girls had to do this twice....

This woman follower is active in the fraud game: https://chamanisme.eu/minthe-english/

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Medicine woman, water missionary, from Walloon origin, Minthe has been adopted as her daughter by Grandmother Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf, and received from her the « Woman Warrior Initiation ».

As such, she is now part of the Apache Nation, where she is called « Hatch Oh Neh » (Standing Strong Woman).

We have mention of Minthe here: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3516.msg29986#msg29986

Where to begin...kinaalda ceremony is not secret, is not anything like that, and doesn't involve kivas. Kivas are Pueblo and Hopi. Kinaalda is for girls becoming women. The male equivalent really isn't practiced anymore, but it wasn't anything at all like the female ceremony, and nothing like Scheer's phony version.

"Hatch oh neh" doesn't mean that name at all, and that name is more like Plains tribes. It's an obvious Nuage knockoff of Lakota style names. "Hatch oh neh" sounds like what it is, a white imposter taking a reference she found in a book to Apaches in general and mangling it to mean something completely different, knowing her gullible desperate-for-meaning white followers wouldn't bother to check. I'm far from fluent, but none of that means woman or standing or strong in any Apachean dialect.

It's also pretty obvious they don't even know there are multiple Apachean dialects and Apache peoples. But what can you expect from people believing in a pale as a Klansman's sheet German woman wearing a yarn wig and imitation Plains tribal regalia?
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