Surprised we do not have a thread on them, only on their association with TITN.
Everyone reading, esp non Natives, be aware they are not the actual NAC. One of the complaints which drove them away from TITN, themselves militia nuts, was they were trying to hustle every member for money. 100 ID cards. Cards which are actually useless. They do not give legal protection to peyote users, and most members are non Native or those with dubious or distant claims of descent.
You can find the genuine NAC statement on groups like NACTI here:
https://narf.org/national-council-of-native-american-churches-speak-out-against-illegitimate-organizations/
Their chapters seem to be a few people or even single members. Notice where they are, far from rezzes or large urban NDN populations.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20250226211221/https://www.nativeamericanchurchofturtleisland.org/
1.) NACTI of Northern California Contact: Ambassador Brennen Shaw
Located: Northern California Phone: 530-680-3808 Email: nactiofnorthernca@gmail.com
2.) NACTI of Clio Contact: Minister Eric Gunnels (Minister is not a membership title)
Located: Mid-Lower Michigan, Clio Phone: 810-875-7395 Email: Gunnelseric@yahoo.com
3.) NACTI of Birch Run Contact: Robb LaPeen & Samantha Maxson Located: Mid-Lower Michigan, Birch Run
Phone: 810-610-5884 Email: sunny@uwshinc.com
4.) NACTI of Sage Rainbow Warriors Sanctuary Contact: Amanda Bilby
Located: Missouri Phone: 816-385-7639 Email: sagerainbowwarriors@gmail.com
5.) NACTI of Virginia Contact: Aaron Bullock Located: Virginia
5.) NACTI of South Carolina Contact: Henry Jones Located: South Carolina Phone: 864-927-9656
6.) NACTI of Temple Mother Earth Contact: Sonatta Camara & James Ellis Located: Washington D.C. Phone: 202-439-2535 Email: templeofmotherearth@gmail.com
7.) NACTI of Florida Contact:Maxwell Warrack Located:Newberry, FL Ph:352-474-7644 Email:growterraveda@gmail.com
8.) NACTI of Walking With Western Wildflowers Contact: Amanda Pays, Michael Ridge, Conrad Kiczenski
Located: Oregon Phone: 208-304-0436 Email:amandapays@outlook.com
9.) NACTI of Family Constellations and Earth Medicines
Contact: Wayne Cina Located: Connecticut Phone: 203-231-0699 Email: NACTIFCEM@gmail.com
10.) NACTI of Georgia Contact: Marvyn A. Hepburn Located: Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 888-734-4777
Email: nactiofgeorgia@gmail.com & nactiofgeorgia@protonmail.com
11.) NACTI of Ancestral Cactus Congregation Contact:Maxwell Wieland-Branch Founder Located: West Virginia - Main Office/Mobile Services Available Phone: 412-699-1382 Email: ancestralcactuscongregation@gmail.com
Arrest showing the card does zero to protect members from legal charges.
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https://www.somdnews.com/enterprise/crime_and_courts/southern-maryland-police-briefs/article_c00e773f-7e67-4b80-9e74-8147c5f971e5.html
On Sept. 24, Deputy Cory Mister of the Calvert sheriff's office was conducting radar traffic checks on Route 2/4 in the Prince Frederick area and observed a white pickup truck with Virginia tags without a rear registration plate illumination. Mister attempted to stop the truck, which proceeded onto Sixes Road, where it later stopped in the area of Grist Mill Road.
The deputy asked the vehicle's driver to show his driver's license. The driver, who was subsequently identified as Tehron Renelius George, 46, of Brandywine, said he had paperwork that allowed him to drive. He produced a membership identification card with "Native American Church of Turtle Island."
A search of the truck yielded a backpack, which contained suspected psilocybin mushrooms inside two glass smoking devices.
George was charged with drug possession and possession of an inhalant for distribution plus cited for driving without a license, driving while unregistered, driving with expired registration plates and driving while uninsured.
On Sept. 25, George posted $10,000 bond and was released. A district court hearing on the charges is scheduled for Nov. 18.