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Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Scully

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Nicki Scully (born June 19, 1943) (née Rudolph) is an American author, shaman and priestess. She was ordained as a priestess of Hathor by Lady Olivia Robertson, co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis.[1] She has been visiting Egypt since 1978, and has incorporated aspects of Egyptian magic, lore and imagery into her shamanic work.[2][unreliable source?] She specializes in spiritual tours to Egypt, Greece, Peru, and what she regards as other sacred power centers,[3][promotional source?] She is the ex-wife of Rock Scully, former manager of the Grateful Dead[4] and they have a daughter named Sage.

That Wikipedia article has been deleted, and the URL redirects to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Scully.

The phrases I quoted can be refound at a number of sites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-g0POiEYA [Nicki Scully Speaker Intro]

Nicki Scully is a best-selling American author, (Alchemical Healing, The Anubis Oracle), shamanic practitioner, and priestess. She was ordained as a priestess of Hathor by Lady Olivia Robertson, co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis. She has been visiting Egypt since 1978 and has incorporated aspects of Egyptian magic, lore, and imagery into her shamanic work. Nicki has been teaching the Egyptian mysteries and shamanic arts since 1983, and founded Shamanic Journeys, Ltd., which still organizes spiritual pilgrimages to Egypt (at least through 2018). She is available for private sessions, Anubis Oracle Readings, individual mentoring programs, and occasional video-teleclasses.

https://alchetron.com/Nicki-Scully

Nicki Scully (born June 19, 1943) (née Rudolph) is an American author, shaman and priestess. She was ordained as a priestess of Hathor by Lady Olivia Robertson, co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis. She has been visiting Egypt since 1978, and has incorporated aspects of Egyptian magic, lore and imagery into her shamanic work. She specializes in spiritual tours to Egypt, Greece, Peru, and what she regards as other sacred power centers, She is the ex-wife of Rock Scully, former manager of the Grateful Dead and they have a daughter named Sage.

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Nicki_Scully

Nicki Scully (born June 19, 1943) (née Rudolph) is an American author, shamanic practitioner, and priestess. She was ordained as a priestess of Hathor by Lady Olivia Robertson, co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis.[1] She has been visiting Egypt since 1978 and has incorporated aspects of Egyptian magic, lore, and imagery into her shamanic work.[2][unreliable source?] She specializes in spiritual tours to Egypt, Greece, Peru, and what she regards as other sacred power centers,[3][promotional source?] She is the ex-wife of Rock Scully, former manager of the Grateful Dead[4] and they have a daughter named Sage.[5]

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/scammers-target-native-communities-with-fake-reca-applications-after-program-expansion
Maggie Billman (Diné) was at the Eastern Navajo Fair, in Crown Point, New Mexico, last month, when she noticed something that didn't look right.

She approached a booth that was advertising assistance with the new Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) applications. The Act provides financial compensation to individuals who are chronically ill from radiation exposure caused by federal uranium mining and atomic bomb testing. It was reinstated and expanded in July under President Trump's sweeping spending bill.
 
Billman explained to the booth attendants that she was a downwinder — a term for someone exposed to nuclear radiation downwind from the Nevada Testing Site, where the federal government tested nuclear weapons for decades — from Sawmill, Ariz. As Billman glanced through the paperwork presented to her, she became alarmed. The forms had spaces for people to fill in their name, social security number, phone number, and the hospital where they received treatment.

Billman, a member of the Sawmill Warriors — a grassroots group made up of advocates and radiation survivors on the Navajo Nation — knew that the RECA claim filings in New Mexico were not yet open. What she was holding was not an official application.

"I looked at the woman and I said, 'This is not RECA. Why don't you give me your business card, and I'll be in touch. I know a lot about this bill.' That's when they stopped talking to me, and I walked away," she said.

Billman's encounter is emblematic of RECA scams that the New Mexico Department of Justice is warning people about. The schemes have emerged in the past month since RECA was reinstated and expanded after it expired last year, with fraudsters targeting radiation survivors who may qualify for compensation under the program, which can range up to $100,000.

Since the program's launch in 1990, it has paid out more than $370 million to Native people, around 13% of its total payout as of July 2024.

According to the announcement from the New Mexico DOJ, organizations and attorneys' offices have been soliciting people to file claims with them under the false pretenses that their services are necessary and guarantee approval.

Loretta Anderson (Pueblo of Laguna), co-founder of the advocacy group Southwest Uranium Miners Coalition, has been assisting radiation survivors with RECA applications for 11 years. Like Billman and many people from tribal communities in the Southwest, Anderson's father, mother, uncles, brothers, husband and cousins worked in some of the thousands of uranium mines scattered across tribal lands.

"I started seeing people get really sick," Anderson told Native News Online. Both of her parents died from illnesses linked to radiation exposure. Her mother, a secretary at a mine, died of pulmonary fibrosis and wasn't eligible for RECA compensation. Her father, who worked in the mine, died of cancer.

Radiation exposure is directly linked to many chronic illnesses, including numerous cancers, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and more. It can also lead to genetic disorders, affecting the future generations of those exposed.

RECA applicants shoulder the burden of proof that their disease was caused by radiation exposure that fits the program's tight criteria; downwinders must have physically been in downwind areas for a designated period between 1951-1962; and uranium workers must have worked in the mines for at least a year and only through December 1990, expanded last month from 1970.

For tribal communities located hours away from the nearest healthcare, gathering medical records to establish proof is difficult. Financial compensation under the program is meant to go toward treatment costs, but for some cancers, medical bills can exceed $150,000.

Both Anderson and Billman say the money is no replacement for people's health.

"It's never about the money," Billman said. "It won't bring people back."

'A lot of chaos right now' Anderson said she first heard about the scams on July 6, just two days after President Trump signed a sweeping spending bill that reinstated and expanded RECA. Since then, she said she has been fielding more than 100 calls a day.

Anderson said fraudsters are taking advantage of people's excitement. New Mexico residents have only just qualified for RECA under the new expansion, with many people waiting decades for relief. She's heard reports of scammers offering to charge up to 25% for RECA application assistance. The bill, however, stipulates that if an attorney files for an applicant, they can charge a 2% fee. If the application is rejected and they have to file a second time, they can charge 10%.

"People are being told they can only apply through a qualified attorney. I've even had people call me and say they've been told they have a check waiting already," Anderson said. "None of that is true."

Anderson is also urging people to be wary of another RECA scam in which home health companies attempt to rope potentially qualifying uranium miners into contracts for care — which is covered under the new RECA — that don't allow them to leave their services without being sued.

"I'm begging people not to give up their information or sign anything," she said. "There's a lot of chaos right now."

For Anderson, the scammers are reminiscent of the federal government's predation of Native land for nuclear progress.

"They destroyed our land, they contaminated our water, our land, our air," she said. "They made their billions off of us. And when they didn't need us anymore, they packed up and left us with a mess. For years, they weren't willing to compensate our people. Now these scammers come in that are not from here again, repeating history, taking advantage of our people, lying to our people. We need to take back New Mexico and tell them, 'No, you're not going to do this to our people.'"

The New Mexico DOJ is asking people to report suspected scams via its online submission portal, NMDOJ.gov/submit-a-complaint, or by phone at 505-490-4060.

Gary J Adler
in the 1950 United States Federal Census

Name   Gary J Adler
Age   4
Birth Date   abt 1946
Gender   Male
Race   White
Birth Place   California
Marital Status   Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House   Son
Residence Date   1950
Home in 1950   Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA
Street Name   Evergreen
House Number   645
Apartment Number   645
Dwelling Number   132
Farm   No
Acres   No
Household Members (Name)   Age   Relationship
Charles C Adler
42
Head
Antoinette M Adler
32
Wife
Gary J Adler   4   Son
Stephen E Adler
2
Son
Lawrence M Adler
Son

His father Charles C Adler was born in New Jersey in 1908. He first appears in the 1920 census with his mother's second husband. I'm not sure what happened to his father, I couldn't find any death and or divorce records.


Charles Adler
in the 1920 United States Federal Census

Name   Charles Adler
Age   11
Birth Year   abt 1909
Birthplace   New Jersey
Home in 1920   Buffalo Ward 7, Erie, New York
Street   Pratt
Residence Date   1920
Race   White
Gender   Male
Relation to Head of House   Stepson (Step Son)
Marital Status   Single
Father's Birthplace   Russia
Mother's Name   Rebecca Deckow
Mother's Birthplace   Russia
Able to Speak English   Yes
Occupation   None
Attended School   yes
Able to read   Yes
Able to Write   Yes
Neighbors   View others on page
Household Members (Name)   Age   Relationship
Nathan Deckow. 34. Head
Rebecca Deckow. 34. Wife
Charles Adler  11   Stepson (Step Son)
Sadie Adler  10 Stepdaughter (Step Daughter)
Willie Deckow.  9  Son
Jeanette Deckow. 2. Daughter

Gary Adler's mother's maiden name is Hurwitt. Here is his mother's and father's marriage license.

Antoinette M Hurwitt
in the California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980

Name   Antoinette M Hurwitt
Gender   Female
Event Type   Marriage
Marriage Date   24 Mar 1942
Marriage Place   Unknown, California, USA
Spouse   Charles C Adler

As you can see Gary Adler's grandfather was born in Lithuania. His grandmother Pearl was born in Ohio, but her parents were born in Hungary.

Antoinette Hurwitt
in the 1930 United States Federal Census

Name   Antoinette Hurwitt
Birth Year   abt 1918
Gender   Female
Race   White
Age in 1930   12
Birthplace   Ohio
Marital Status   Single
Relation to Head of House   Daughter
Home in 1930   Belvedere, Los Angeles, California, USA
Map of Home   Belvedere, Los Angeles, California
Street Address   Rogers Street
House Number   4369
Dwelling Number   220
Family Number   226
Attended School   Yes
Able to Read and Write   Yes
Father's Birthplace   Lithuania
Mother's Birthplace   Ohio
Able to Speak English   Yes
Household Members (Name)   Age   Relationship
Samuel J Hurwitt. 36. Head
Pearl Hurwitt 33 Wife
Naomi Hurwitt 15 Daughter
Mark A Hurwitt 13 Son
Antoinette Hurwitt   12   Daughter
Rose M Hurwitt 25 Sister
Barnett Hurwitt. 57. Father


Here's Pearl Hurwitt in the 1910 census. In this census as in several other censuses it says her parents are fron Hungary, only in one census does it say her parents were from Austria. Of course at that time in the 1800s the area was call the Austro- Hungarian empire.

Name   Pearl Hurwetz
[Pearl Harwitz]
Age   22
Birth Year   abt 1898
Birthplace   Ohio
Home in 1920   Youngstown Ward 4, Mahoning, Ohio
Street   E Marion
Residence Date   1920
Race   White
Gender   Female
Relation to Head of House   Wife
Marital Status   Married
Spouse's Name   Samuel J Hurwetz
Father's Birthplace   Hungary
Mother's Birthplace   Hungary
Able to Speak English   Yes
Naturalization Status   Alien
Able to read   Yes
Able to Write   Yes
Neighbors   View others on page
Household Members (Name)   Age   Relationship
Samuel J Hurwetz
25
Head
Pearl Hurwetz   22   Wife
Naomi H*Tz
4
Daughter
Markus H*Tz
3
Son
Antionette H*Tz
2
Daughter

The MMF (Manitoba Métis Federation) is the only officially recognized Métis Government in Canada.

https://www.mmf.mb.ca/manitoba-metis-federation-the-national-government-of-the-red-river-metis

The MMF has developed an "objectively verifiable process" to identify both a Red River Métis Citizen and a Red River Métis Harvester. As part of this process the applicant must:

Self-identify as Red River Métis
Show an ancestral connection to the Historic Red River Métis Community
Be accepted by the contemporary Manitoba Red River Métis Community

https://www.mmf.mb.ca/citizenship-application-faqs

Note that a genealogy has to be completed by the St. Boniface Historical Society. Genealogy is then submitted to the MMF.

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"As debate continues over Métis communities in Ontario, the Wabun Tribal Council says none existed in its traditional territory."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABs26mNRhs

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The MNO’s “facts” are actually inventions and wild distortions of history: The MNO is quite literally stealing First Nations Ancestors and re-writing their stories and appropriating the existence of mixed heritage individuals living in a common geographic to attempt to “create” a nation that never existed.

https://chiefs-of-ontario.org/the-chiefs-of-ontario-reject-ongoing-efforts-of-the-metis-nation-of-ontario-to-rewrite-history/

"Debby Fourstar" = Debora Bullock.

Her father's obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/freeman-pearlmutter-obituary?id=27355438

Debora Bullock is listed as owner of the 11020 CR 105, Mancos, Colorado property.