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All is Made Beautiful: Native American Traditions with Warrior Woman Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf
Original title: All Is Made Beautiful: Native American Traditions with Warrior Woman Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf
TV Movie 2007 1h 5m

Featured review 1/10 A German Named Joan Scheer
"Oh Shinnah Fastwolf" was born Joan Scheer. A German American woman who made her career out of posing as Native. Later she used the stage name Penny McKelvey before stealing the Fastwolf name.

From Native Net: "Another "phony" by the name of Oh Shinnah Fastwolf, who claimed to be a Cherokee Grandmother, who did healings with Crystals. Couple of years earlier, she was a "folkie" in the Chicago area, according to C. Fastwolf who doesn't appreciate his name being used by some fraud. Ms. McKelvey stole the Fastwolf name from an actual Native American (Lakota) family in order to giver herself some credibility with her crystal healing scams.

McKelvey charges nine hundred dollars for a week in Glacier National Park. Fast Wolf is an old and honored name among Oglala, says Calvin Fast Wolf, and he considers his family insulted by her business."

She also posed as Apache, Cheyenne, and Mohawk. Pretend Buddhism along with pretend Native ceremonies for lots of cash. A shameless con artist. Pray for those harmed by her.

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All Is Made Beautiful
Meet Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf, the internationally renowned Warrior Woman and elder of the Apache People....
Oh Shinnah also reveals what she considers her most important work today: The Journey of the Waters, a sacred
pilgrimage following the Apache trail of purification and transformation. Once a year, she and her most trusted
student, Deep Arrow Woman, take an international group of non-native men and women on this journey through the
mystical mountains and healing waters of New Mexico and Colorado.

Ashley
1.0 out of 5 stars Not THAT Authentic Native American Spirituality
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2010
Verified Purchase
I was disappointed in this purchase as I was looking for an authentic Native American product. I lead a women's Bible study and spirituality group and we had been doing a study on world faiths. Of course, we wanted to look at the spiritual paths of the First Nations, so I went looking for multi-media resources specifically about storytelling. THIS was NOT a good choice for us.

If you are looking for a funky, new age experience with a bunch of women who seem to be from Germanic countries, this is for you. Something about it lacks sincerity and honesty.

Other than it being borderline offensive to Native peoples, it is an annoying production with eery music and a creepy overdubbed narration. Ms. Fast Wolf is undoubtedly a beautiful, grandmotherly woman with quite a strong presence, but I wonder what her clan (if she is truly of one) really feels about her practices.

Save your money and look for more authentic Native American resources.
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antaeaventura
2.0 out of 5 stars The native heart is missing for me
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014
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I purchased this DVD with an open mind as I am always open to learning about native american teachings. First, Ms Fastwolf does not look native american to me at all. She is whiter than I am and I come from Scandinavian peoples. After looking her up on google come to find out that she is really Penny McKelvey and apparently no native american group will claim her. I have no problem if she is white and passing on some native american processes for edification, but the fact that she isn't what she claims to be contaminates her message for me. Another wise woman, Evelyn Eaton (I Send A Voice) is white and has no pretensions to be otherwise. She is someone I can learn from when I heard her speak a number of years ago. Watching the DVD I didn't get that 'heart sense' that comes from being around genuine native americans. It felt flat and trivial, teachings that could have been gleaned from anywhere. If you are a sincere seeker of native american ways I can't recommend this video. The two stars are for the reminder to pray over my food.
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Grays
1.0 out of 5 stars Fraud
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2025
She is not Native American.

She was born Joan Scheer in 8 Jan 1934, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado.

Parents Joseph Kendall and Marjorie/Margadell "Mickey" Dell McIntyre (who later married Lyle Estes).

Her married surnames include Drobnick, McKelvey, Cripe, Allen.

She performed as a singer both as "Penny Drobnick," and "Penny McKelvey".

The Scheer family just a few generations back are from Germany.

All family members are white in census and other records.

In her false persona she often said she "prefers to be known as one without a personal history". But her history and genealogy can indeed be researched.

Buyer beware. She is a performer who performed pretendian fraud.

One of her followers has photos posted publicly.

Joan Scheer was blonde as a child.

In the extensive article "Oh Shinnah/Bridging academia and culture", by Cate Tellwilliger Gazette Telegraph, Sunday June 30, 1991 - her two "accomplices" are Lindsey Redhawk and Darlene Golas.

Darlene Golas is still an active follower and promoter.

Other active followers include:

Betty deMaye-Caruth
Sally Rothacker - Peyton

https://www.twocronesandamicrophone.com/about

Betty deMaye-Caruth and Sally Rothacker - Peyton are active in promoting Oh Shinnah through https://www.twocronesandamicrophone.com/oh-shinnah-fast-wolf . They have recently interviewed Darlene Golas.

I found a similar mention at this page:

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Be+Warned+-+Trespassing+on+First+Nations%27+Spirituality.-a087868571

Who is a genuine American Indian? Does it matter, if he does no harm? Calvin Fast Wolf, an Oglala Lakota living in San Francisco, objects to a woman he met years ago as Penny McKelvey, now using the name Oh Shinnah Fast Wolf to sell a "spiritual community of healers." McKelvey charges nine hundred dollars for a week in Glacier National Park. Fast Wolf is an old and honored name among Oglala, says Calvin Fast Wolf, and he considers his family insulted by her business.

She died in 2022.

I don't know who wrote this obituary. As always, remember that obituaries are not fact checked before publication.

Her birth name is not given. Parents not mentioned. No overt heritage claims. Other than "supported by multiple native elders throughout her life". Her husbands are not listed nor are the surnames of her children given.

"her sister Dr. Dolores Krieger" is not a bio sister.

OhShinnah Fast Wolf passed away on January 11th, 2022. She was 88 years old when she died of natural causes in a memory care facility in Columbia Falls, Montana.

She was born in Silverton Colorado in 1934 during the height of the Great Depression. During her life she traveled, adventured, and lived all over the United States. She was an amazing singer and song writer having performed at venues in Chicago, San Francisco, and New York City, amongst other locations. During her life she performed in the same clubs as Muddy Waters, Nick Gravenites and Michael Bloomfield. She was also involved with the Committee Theater in San Francisco and Chicago’s Second City Theatre. She performed at Carnegie Hall, with the artist Sting, and opened for Jerry Garcia on Jacques Cousteau’s ship the Calypso.

Starting in the 1970’s, OhShinnah studied and taught natural medicines, healing, environmental activism, and applied practical spirituality. She was a pioneer in the use of crystals and partnered with her sister Dr. Dolores Krieger to teach students crystal healing in combination with Therapeutic Touch.

OhShinnah was a delegate at to the United Nations conferences on the Human Environment, Spirituality, the Decolonization of Indigenous People, the World Conference of Spiritual Leaders, and as a ceremonialist at World Water Day. She spoke on environmental issues at the invitation of various governments.

OhShinnah was awarded the Nurse's in Transition Humanitarian Award, the Helen Caldecott Humanitarian Award for Women, the Noetic Science Institute Temple Award for Creative Altruism, and her name is inscribed on the Wall of Tolerance in Birmingham, Alabama.

She was exceptionally generous and was supported by multiple native elders throughout her life. Her legacy is carried on by her students worldwide and a memorial is planned near Molas Lake, Colorado, later 2022.

She was preceded in death by her Daughter Fawn, survived by her children James, Heather, and Kaiwie, grandchildren Sky Bear, Calico, Jamie, James, Autumn, Numa, and 11 great grandchildren.

https://www.buffalohillfh.com/obituaries/ohshinnah-fastwolf

As mentioned earlier in this thread there is a possibility that her birth first name is some variation of Johanna. Here is more:

When she was born, her father was asked what he wanted to call her. Oh Shinnah was not allowed by the government, so she was named “Johanna” (Jeanne) and then the government employee asked what the last name was, but in the Native American tradition of the time, there was none. Her father’s name was “Fast Wolf. So she was called Johanna Fastwolf. But everyone called her, and continues to call her, ‘Oh Shinnah.

https://aiglebleu.net/en/honouring-oh-shinnah-fastwolf/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250420181058/https://aiglebleu.net/en/honouring-oh-shinnah-fastwolf/

I don't think any of that story is true other than the probability of her first name being Johanna.