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Has anyone ever heard of Willy Whitefeather? It is alledged that he is a Cherokee Elder, Story Teller, honorary Cherokee Chief and Native American Visionary.

QuoteWilly is of Cherokee ancestry, honorary chief of the Black Creek Cherokee of Florida, a fascinating storyteller, healer, survivalist and an individual of wisdom and heart. Author Willy Whitefeather's Outdoor Survival Handbook For Children and Willy Whitefeather's River Book For Kids. Visionary for the short film "HOPE'

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=-yIzINW9Png&v=yjMv_lHiMbg

In this video he has a vision.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=yH3kvigXIQs&feature=related

http://www.dancewithdestinydocumentary.com/component/content/article/35-wise-counsel/47-willy-whitefeather.html

And here is his website.  He has written a book called Outdoor Survival Handbook for Kids.

QuoteThe reason I wrote the survival book was to save a kid's life. Because I know of 28 kids that went out into the desert and mountains and never came back. This book is now into it's 7th printing. From my Cherokee hertitage I use old Cherokee ways in hopes to save a kids life. I was made honorary Chief of the Black Creek band of Cherokees.

http://www.willywhitefeather.com/

his books
http://www.rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?id=004066
http://www.amazon.com/Willy-Whitefeathers-Outdoor-Survival-Handbook/dp/0943173477
his video
http://www.apple.com/ca/pro/video/margerin/
a cd
http://www.littlebearrecords.com/home.html
speaking engagement
http://www.co.jackson.or.us/Calendar.asp?View=DAY&date=12-9-2006&SectionID=15
video of him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMv_lHiMbg

I got this from the first link dabosijigwokush posted in regards to his book. 

QuoteSome of the methods are presented as Old Cherokee ways, since the author learned them from the Indians of his tribe. The only possibly offensive part of this book for Christian readers is a picture showing an Indian head in the sky (like a portrayal of "The Great Spirit") watching over the lost campers. Read this with your children before that next camp-out or vacation in the wilderness.

This was strange what he says about the "Indian Head in the Sky" like a portrayal of the Great Spirit watching over the Lost Campers.  Also, there is no such thing as the "Black Creek Cherokee of Florida"

He also appears to be a member of  the fake United Cherokee Nation and appears in their March 2010 New Letter under the Section "Member Spotlight"
http://theucn.com/10-03Mar01-Newsletter.pdf

QuoteWilly spent many years as a river guide on the Colorado
River in Arizona and lived near the Tohono
O'odom people around Gila
Bend and Apache Junction,
Arizona. Willy lived many
years in a teepee when he
was guiding people down the
mighty river. He became a
strong friend with many of
our cousins of the Mohave,
Dine and Hopi tribes.

Willy learned many of these Elders' stories and now
re-tells them to people and what he now calls
"his boys". Willy spends most Saturday's in
this effort to visit and speak to young native
men in the Oregon State Penitentiary near
where he now lives, in Grants Pass, Oregon.
Throughout his 75 years he has learned the
Cherokee stories and is the Chief Storyteller of
The United Cherokee Nation (UCN). Willy is
also hand-writing articles for our monthly
Newsletter. He is an accomplished author of a
Survival Book for Children and has made several
short movies, including his award winning
short film titled, "Hope".

I've watched a couple of his videos on Youtube and he comes across as a half Cherokee and half Latin American survivalist, he's written a few books on survivalism geared towards kids.

His videos seem genuine and he doesn't come across as New Age-y but I've never heard of him before and would be interested to hear what people here have to say.

That video of his ::)
Come on, claiming Iroquois means "ear of corn" because they sound alike?
To me he sounds much like other Latinos I've heard speak who had parents who only spoke Spanish. The whole dressing like Grizzly Adams and even admitting to living in a tipi...basically he entertains people living up to Wild West images.

There doesn't seem to be anything remotely like a Black Creek Cherokee of Florida group around anymore. I did find a book by an amateur genealogist listing Shawnee names, and several people named Wilson claim to be "Black Creek Cherokee Metis". The dates listed are all in the 1970s, so my guess is any would be tribe was only around back then.
http://books.google.com/books?id=6OugaRN9E0EC&pg=PA324&lpg=PA324&dq=%22black+creek+cherokee%22&source=bl&ots=6n4daG87ik&sig=Zr-Un5UFgF4WcYnf7FqUxqgOvuQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1VEIUbeGFIi-8ATB0YCoDw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22black%20creek%20cherokee%22&f=false