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James Robideau has been traveling Europe and South America and selling ceremony for several years meanwhile. He is mostly active in Spain and France where he is selling sweats, vision quests, and a sundance, but has also been selling ceremony in Chile and Argentina.

He is exploiting his (former?) membership with AIM and his being a relative of Leonard Peltier as a sales pitch to promote himself. Robideau also makes appearances in the Spanish Basque county and Catalonia, both regions with strong autonomy movements where he gets promoted as a fighter for indigenous autonomy. Robideau presents himself as a medicine man and elder. Although he seems to be an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Reservation (which will make him Dakota), he is presented as a Lakota medicine man and elder by many sites claiming Robideau was from Rosebud or Pine Ridge.

Robideau has been resp is running charity projects. The Dakota Youth Project went down in 2011 but there are still many advertisements in several languages which continue promoting the project. Instead, he started another project, the ,,Medicine Wheel Healing Community" which the DYP site announces as a follow-up. The more or less defunct DYP site also announces a Native Youth Support which allegedly took over the task of taking care of the children and youths DYP looked after, but this is only published in the German language section of the DYP site, and the link provided to this Native Youth Support, nayosu dot org, is dead.

https://www.facebook.com/events/705529569506049/

This is an ad for a seminar in May 2013:

QuoteJe suis un membre inscrit du Spirit Lake Dakota Nation dans le Dakota du Nord et je vis mon chemin avec les cérémonies Lakota depuis 1972, quand j'ai commencé à être danseur du soleil (Sundancer)
Je partage mes expériences spirituelles pour les gens qui veulent apprendre des faits et non de la fiction et ne pas être induit en erreur par "des Prétendus connaisseurs".Le séminaire comprendra une hutte à sudation par jour et apportera des enseignements pour une bonne compréhension des croyances des peuples Natifs Nord Américains et les outils utilisés dans leur communication spirituelle.
Translation:
I am an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation in North Dakota and I have followed my path with Lakota ceremonies since 1972 when I started to be a sundancer.
I share my spiritual experience with those people who want to learn facts and not fiction and don't want to be led astray by ,,Wanabis". The seminar will offer a sweatlodge per day and several teachings for a good comprehension of the beliefs of Native American peoples and the means they use in their spiritual communication.

http://www.diariovasco.com/v/20130324/al-dia-local/ceremonia-sioux-penas-20130324.html

In this entry dd March 24, 2013, Robideau is presented as the ,,tribal chief" and is said to offer purification treatments.

http://www.ivoox.com/herencia-sabiduria-sioux-james-robideau-hombre-medicina-audios-mp3_rf_2630582_1.html

Quote10/12/2013
James Robideau (Wicapi Wicasa) Hombre Medicina de la Nación Lakota y cofundador del Movimiento Indígena de Estados Unidos.
James nos cuenta sobre su his toria personal y la sabiduría ancestral de su pueblo: Camino rojo, las siete ceremonias sagradas de los Lakotas Siux. Medicina del Inipi. Subsistencia espiritual de la tradición, el uso de los elementos ceremoniales para la subsistencia de la Madre Tierra, etc
Translation:
James Robideau (Wicapi Wicasa), medicine man of the Lakota nation and co-founder of American Indian Movement of the USA.
James tells us about his personal story and ancestral wisdom of his people: Red Road, the seven sacred ceremonies of the Lakota Sioux. Inipi Medicine. Keep spiritual tradition, the use of ceremonial elements for the survival of Mother Earth, etc.

In an ad dd Nov 11, 2009, Robideau is presented as the ,,spiritual leader of the Sioux in North America". They also claim ,,he participated in the non-violent movement for the rights of the North American Indians", and ,,Social Worker James Robideau, 67, ... will speak to the students of the traditional values of the North American natives".

http://cac.drac.com/200911/20091111.html

Quote11-11-2009

El líder espiritual de los sioux en Norteamérica y portavoz del movimiento no-violento por los derechos de los indios americanos, el asistente social James Robideau, 67, estuvo el lunes en el IES Pau Vila para hablar a los alumnos de los valores tradicionales de los nativos americanos.
Translation:
The spiritual leader of the Sioux in North America and spokesman for the non-violent movement for the rights of American Indians, social worker James Robideau, 67, was in the IES Pau Vila on Monday to talk to students about the traditional values of Native Americans.

http://www.eitb.com/eu/audioak/osoa/2066646/james-robideau-hego-dakotako-indio-siouxa--purifikazio-zeremonia/

In Basque language – an ad for a Dakota-Sioux Indian purification ceremony, with a photo showing Robideau wearing a T-shirt with an AIM logo.

An Austrian site where Robideau is mentioned as having done seminars with. They also invited Devalon Small Legs.

http://www.feuerkreis.at/wurzeln_gaeste.html

QuoteJames Robideau Wicahpi [sic] Wicasa (USA)
A Lakota elder, sundancer since three decades, president of the Dakota Youth Project, James Robideau is also one of the founding members of American Indian Movement and as a warrior fought for the rights of the Native Americans at Wounded Knee 1973 at the side of Leonard Crow Dog. A ceremony chief who dedicated his life to the support of native persons and their tribes for a survival in a multi-cultural society.

According to further info provided at the site - http://www.feuerkreis.at/wurzeln_ablauf.html  - , the event offered a mix of various ceremonies:

QuoteAug 14, sunrise, approx 7:00 am
Opening of the ceremony
Before sunrise, the sacred fire will be lit at the place of the sweatlodge. The first lodges will take place. Embers from this fire will be taken to light the fire in the kiva. With this, the ceremony is opened. Then all those who want to place power objects on the altar will do so to fill them with spiritual energy during the ceremony (please bear in mind you will only be able to retrieve your power object after the end of ceremony on Saturday).
From now on, the kiva will only be entered by the elders. Before sundown there will be a kiva ceremony each night, the day will be ended with sweatlodges. The fire is maintained and protected by chosen fire keepers for these four days.

Aug 15 and 16:
Ceremony
Every morning and evening, the elders pray in the kiva. Through their prayers and songs, all participants connect with the elders during the ceremonial act. (Translation between German, English, and Spanish provided.) The large ceremonal drum will be beaten during the spiritual acts of the elders. Sweatlodge ceremonies will take place in the mornings and in the evenings after the ceremony. Everyone is invited to participate in the Temazcales (sweatlodges).
Daily Agenda:
Every morning at about 7 am: sweatlodges
Breakfast: starts during sweats and parallel to kiva ceremony
9-11 am: ceremony in the kiva
Lunch, workshops, teachings, children's programme
About 7 pm: ceremony in the kiva
Sweatlodges (sundown)
Evening meal: parallel to kiva ceremony until after the sweatlodges

Aug 17 until 1 pm:
Conclusion of ceremony
until 7 pm: departure

Another ten-days' vision quest camp in France:
http://www.bretagne-ressourcement.com/camp-de-quete-de-vision-avec-james-robideau-homme-medecine-lakotaa-elven-56/

QuoteVision Quest Camp with James Robideau, Lakota medicine man, at Elven
From July 4 to 14, 2013:
Sweatlodges every day, sacred pipe ritual, chanting circles, exchange with James...
Tipi ceremony in the night of Saturday, July 13: chants, prayers, intentions for the questers.

Another sweatlodge weekend in France Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2012:
http://www.marchetaparole.org/ceremonies-avec-james-robideauhomme-medecine-lakota-du-29-octobre-au-1er-novembre-2012/

QuoteCeremonies with James Robideau, Lakota medicine man from October 29 to November 1, 2012
American Indian culture [sic] – spiritual teachings – Inipi ceremonies – Chanupa ceremonies, purification and prayers with the sacred pipe...
We have the chance to welcome once again our friend James Robideau with whom we share meetings of intensity, spiritual work, and friendship.

A video of teachings in Argentina:

http://vimeo.com/81353683

Quote
Charla en grupo con James Robideau (Wicapi Wicasa)
Hombre Medicina de la Nación Lakota y cofundador del Movimiento Indígena de Estados Unidos.
Charla personal durante un fin de semana donde James organizaba varias ceremonias de Inipi. Abril de 2013 en Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina.
Translation:
Group chat with James Robideau (Wicapi Wicasa), Lakota Medicine Man and cofounder of the American Indian Movement.
Personal chat over a weekend where James organized several Inipi ceremonies. Unquillo April 2013, Córdoba, Argentina.

An advertisement for ceremonies on May 21/22, 2011:

https://m.facebook.com/events/201867566520487

Quote
** Enseñanzas de las Cuatro Direcciones ** Fuego Sagrado ** Ceremonia Inipi ** Alimentación Tradicional ** Creación de Rueda Medicinal ** Cultura Lakota: Ayer y Hoy **
Translation:
Teachings of the Four Directions Sacred Fire - Inipi Ceremony - Traditional Food - Creating a Medicine Wheel - Lakota Culture: Yesterday and Today

Saturday May 21, Sunday May 22, 2011:

QuoteVen a compartir en esta oportunidad especial las enseñanzas de un Road Man Tradicional Lakota con el propósito de experimentar herramientas de armonización que nos permitan sintonizar con Nuestra Madre Tierra y con nosotros mismos, en el entendimiento que Toda Vida es Sagrada...

Sobre WICAPI WICASA — James Robideau
Presidente del Dakota Youth Project (Reserva de Pine Ridge - Sud Dakota) es miembro de la Nación del Espíritu del Lago de Dakota del Norte. Activista y co-fundador del American Indian Movement del Northwest y Jefe Ceremonial que ha dedicado su vida a ayudar a las personas nativas y a sus tribus a sobrevivir en una sociedad no indígena. Especialista en Educación de la Comunidad, desarrolla programas de ayuda para los hijos de nativos con problemas de drogo-dependencia- violencia doméstica. Danzante del Sol durante más de 30 años. Recibe en una de sus búsquedas de visión, la necesidad de establecer su compromiso en exclusiva con el camino espiritual. Por su conocimiento y servicio es reconocido como líder espiritual y "Road Man" por el Jefe Tradicional y Medicine Man: Crow Dog (Rosebud Reservation-South Dakota).
Translation:
Come and share in this special occasion, the teachings of a traditional Lakota Road Man for the purpose of experiencing harmonization tools that allow us to tune in to our Mother Earth and ourselves, with the understanding that All Life is Sacred ...
About WICAPI Wicasa - James Robideau
President of Dakota Youth Project (Pine Ridge Reservation - South Dakota) is a member of the Nation of Spirit Lake North Dakota. Activist and co-founder of the American Indian Movement and the Northwest Ceremonial Chief who has dedicated his life to helping people and their native tribes survive in a non-indigenous society. As a specialist in Community Education, he develops programs to help native children with problems of drug-dependency-domestic violence. Sun Dancer for over 30 years. Get one of their vision quests, the need for committed exclusively to the spiritual path. For their knowledge and service is recognized as a spiritual leader and "Road Man" by Traditional Chief and Medicine Man: Crow Dog (Rosebud Reservation-South Dakota).

http://www.zancada.com/el-lakota-wicapi-wicasa-en-chile/

QuoteJames Robideau (cuyo nombre en Lakota es Wicapi Wicasa) es un guía espiritual y activista de la tradición Lakota. Nació y se crió junto a los Lakota en Dakota del Sur. Celebra las ceremonias de Inipi (rucos de sudor con piedras volcánicas, vapor y hierbas medicinales) desde 1970. Por linaje familiar y hereditario se hizo jefe indígena y hombre medicina, especialista en educación comunitaria. Durante 25 años trabajó para la protección de la infancia en la Reserva de Pine Ridge, Dakota del Sur y desarrolló diversos programas de ayuda para hijos de indígenas norteamericanos en situación de vulnerabilidad social.
Translation:
James Robideau (whose name in Lakota is Wicapi Wicasa) is a spiritual leader and activist in the Lakota tradition. He was born and raised with the Lakota in South Dakota. He has celebrated inipi ceremonies (sweatlodge with volcanic rocks, steam and herbal medicines) since 1970.  From family lineage and hereditary, he was made a Native chief and medicine man, community education specialist. For 25 years he worked for the protection of children on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota and developed several programs to help Native American children in situations of social vulnerability.

Of course the claim of having done sweatlodge ceremonies since 1970 is more of a sales pitch, it may still point to long years of selling ceremony. Another sales pitch and incongruent with facts is the claim of Robideau being a chief and medicine man.


Ad for a seminar in Portugal:
http://www.equitacao.com/noticia.php?n=8374&

Quote2011-10-19, 10:54:00
The Lakota spiritual chief will come to Centro Hipico de Epona ... Dec 2-4.
The programme includes knowledge about the Lakota ceremonies ...

According to the ad, there was a sweatlodge.

Another ad for a sweatlodge:

http://www.tadupif.fr/Ceremonie-Inipi-animee-par-James-Robideau-114865.htm

QuoteInipi ceremony with James Robideau
Fee: € 120
[...]
Inipi ceremony with James Robideau – Wichapi Wicasa in Bordeaux, May 11/12, 2013
Spiritually acknowledged as a ,,Root Medicine Man" by the main leader and Medicine Man of his nation: Crow Dog (Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota). President of Dakota Youth Project. Activist and co-founder of AIM (American Indian Movement) North-West. [...]

Although it says ,,May 2013", the ad was published on July 18, 2014.
It is particularly interesting to see Robideau advertised as a president of DYP in 2013 resp 2014, since this project was closed down by Robideau in 2011 already.

A 2010 article, published in English language:
http://www.isparis.edu/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=72

QuoteNative American Shaman Visits ISP
Posted 25.03.2010 12:36
An official from the Lakota Sioux tribe of Pine Ridge Reservation in the visited ISP March 23-24 to speak to eager students about Native American history and culture.
James Robideau, recognized as a shaman or "root medicine man" by tribal leaders, discussed the history of his people and Indian mistreatment by treaties and authorities from the beginning of their association with settlers until present day. ISP students from 6th, 7th, 8th, and 12th, grades listened intently as James unveiled secrets behind such practices as the seven sacred ceremonies and discussed the basic qualities Sioux people look for in a chief. He demonstrated the way each practice contributed to a better life, more in harmony with nature and with one's neighbors. 
James explained the philosophy behind his people's belief that all living beings and elements of nature are related in some way; hence the need to treat the earth and each other with respect. James offered to give fascinated students an Indian name, but unfortunately, time ran out.

Judging from the article, Robideau seems to have presented himself as ,,an official from the Lakota Sioux tribe of Pine Ridge" and as a medicine man, and offered ,,Indian names" to the students.
Particularly since Robideau was giving a lecture to students of grades 6, 7, 8, and 12, he contributed to cementing stereotypical ideas about indigenous peoples (cf ,,Indian name") and misrepresented himself as a medicine man in front of the students. He also apparently did not explain Lakota ceremonies, but ,,unveiled secrets behind such practices". Although it is of course not possible to establish whether this description has its roots in the stereotypical concepts held by the author of the article, Robideau does not quite seem to have contributed to getting rid of stereotypes.

The charities

For about twelve years, Robideau operated a Dakota Youth Project which finished its activities by the end of 2011. Its bilingual website has been emptied and only provides the info that the project has been closed plus a link to a new project, ,,Medicine Wheel Healing Community".

Despite the DYP having closed in 2011, there are still advertisements asking for donations on websites in German, Dutch (e.g.: http://members.home.nl/fritst/Plaatjes/dyp.htm  ) and Polish language (e.g.: http://www.indianie.eco.pl/dyp/dypkolapl.htm ). Some of these have not updated their recommendations for more than ten years, others were only published when the project was already closed. So e.g. this website which came into being in 2011, with the info on DYP added in September 2011:

http://www.fastweb-indians.de/Seiten/Dakota-Youth-Projekt-Standorte_19

QuoteFor building the first DYP children's home, there are 25 acres provided in the vicinity of Porcupine Butte on Pine Ridge Reservation.
Since DYP is financed only by donations, the time necessary to finish the building depends on the financial means obtained.

Board Members
The DYP Main Board has its seat in Florida.
Board members are:
James Robideau, president – Dakota
David Nez, vice-president – Navaho
Julie Norris, secretary – Mohawk
Therese Dobrowsky – treasurer
Carolyn Johnston - Cherokee

Central DYP (CDYP) is a sub-association of DYP with its seat at Pine Ridge Reservation. Board members are:
Edgar Bear Runner, president – Lakota
James Robideau, vice-president – Dakota
Steve Robideau, board member – Dakota
Charlie Comes Killing, board member – Lakota
Isabella Schön, secretary/treasurer

08.09.2011, 18:35

There is no source provided by the owner of this website. It is, however, safe to say that the site owner copied pretty dated material in 2011, as e.g. Steve Robideau – named as a board member – already passed in 2005.
The DYP, here said to have its seat in Florida, seems to have existed in Delaware prior to the Florida registration, as becomes apparent from another website which published info on DYP in 2001. The info, BTW, is still online today without any changes effected, thus promoting DYP as a still existing charity.

http://www.lakota-info.at/projekte/d_y_p.htm

QuoteThe Dakota Youth Project, Inc. (DYP) was founded in the state of Delaware in the presence of an accredited lawyer. It is recognised as non-profit since June 25, 1999. [...] This youth project, developed by James Robideau, Dakota, promotes a healthy lifestyle among youths and their families and supports efforts to build a sheltered home offering security to the youths, enables access to education, supports the development of certain abilities and offers guidance through advice according to traditional teachings. For youths without families, DYP will establish homes offering the above mentioned qualities.

DYP facilities and coordinators
The main bureau is situated in St. Petersburg, Florida. Regional locations have been founded in the states of Washington and South Dakota.
Every DYP location establishes its own home/homes and supports the respective educational projects of communities.

Homes in South Dakota:
Whirlwind Horse, P.O.Box 575, Allen, SD 57714
Gus Yellow Hair, P.O.Box 484, Allen, SD 57714
Jim Cross, P.O.Box 611, Allen
Steve Robideau, 607 E. Madison, Rapid City, SD 67709
[...]
The Programme
A director or a married couple with knowledge and experience in the fields of Indian traditions, education, social work, parenthood, and life counselling provide a form of ,,sheltered atmosphere" in order to support the experience and application of traditional values and teachings.
Education comprises traditional ideals, ceremonies, health and fitness, classes in law and related fields, information technology, smoking cessation, basic course parenthood and life skills, nutrition, health care regarding cancer, heart conditions, fetal alcohol syndrome, diabetes and AIDS, nature study and other fields of knowledge.

Activities
Weekly ceremonies, Christmas project, summer camps, workshops, crafts, box club and other sports.

Therapy and Education
With providing counselling and therapies for youths and families, a balance is realised; education re alcohol and drugs, counselling to prevent relapsing and health education (physically and spiritually) will be in the foreground. Educational and therapeutical measures will be accompanied by material or personal aid from the tribe or the community.
DYP also develops seminar material and teaches knowhow to train Indian youths, families and the public. These cultural presentations, workshops, meetings, seminars, and ceremonies will be performed in classrooms and in communities.
Schools, tribes, communities and groups interested in a presentation or workshop on the issues culture, education or training may contact the main bureau. All presentations include written material, slides or videos.

Project director
The director of the Dakota Youth Project, James Robideau, is a member of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota. During the last 25 years, he has been an AIM activist, specialist for community education measures and spiritual leader. He has dedicated his life to the task of helping American natives and tribes to survive in a non-native society.
James Robideau's work also comprised:
a legal function as a tribal lawyer to procure a better understanding for Indian culture [sic] and ceremonies
participation in resocialising programmes like e.g. halfway houses
building and direction of a shelter for battered women on the Pine Ridge Reservation
foreman in an agricultural company within the scope of a tribal programme in Oklahoma
director of social services in one of the leading Indian hospitals
planning and realisation of meetings on the issue of ,,fetal alcohol syndrome within tribes".

Board members:
[same as above]

[...]
If you want to learn more about this project, please contact James Robideau directly at:
Wer noch mehr über dieses Projekt wissen möchte, kann sich direkt an James Robideau wenden:
James Robideau Email: dakotayouth7@xxxx
If your command of English is not good enough, please contact Isabella Schön who will be glad to help translating questions and answers:Isabella Schön Email: ischoen@ xxxx
Kultureller Unterricht an der Montesori Schule in Charlotte, N.C.

Published: June 6, 2001 / last update: June 28, 2001

The info seems to exploit the fact that the difference between the words for a foster home (i.e. a family raising foster children) and a children's home (i.e. an institution housing and taking care of children in need, from dysfunctional families, or orphans) may easily be blurred. The text therefore evokes the impression that there are four such institutions operated by DYP in South Dakota, while in fact they may only be speaking of private foster homes. There is also no info provided whether the persons named as directors are qualified in any way.

Robideau's merits are apparently brushed up a bit. E.g. his alleged ,,legal function as a tribal lawyer" seems to indicate Robideau graduated from law school which he apparently did not. Perhaps someone stumbled pretty badly when writing up the info text and did not know (or perhaps tried to blur) the difference between a lawyer and an advocate. A racist aspect is the use of the singular form when speaking about ,,Indian culture" – but at least the author(s) was/were quite sure there was more than one ,,Indian ceremony" and chose the plural form there.

Quoteparticipation in resocialising programmes like e.g. halfway houses

Now this makes one wonder. Again, such a position as indicated would require expertise, but the term ,,participation" again is quite ambiguous.

Quotebuilding and direction of a shelter for battered women on the Pine Ridge Reservation

At least over here, such a position will not be held by a man – persons with a job in such shelters are women, on all levels of employment.

Quotedirector of social services in one of the leading Indian hospitals

Apart from the remarkable fact of the hospital going unnamed, such a position should require adequate training and previous positions – which do not get mentioned in this list of qualifications and jobs.


In 2010, shortly before closing down DYP, Robideau joined another project, the Medicine Wheel Healing Community. The project seems to have been founded by two persons who passed within six weeks in the summer of 2011 and was located on property owned by them. As the MWHC website explains, a two-story building was erected on this property which is announced to be up for sale; there is, however, no update informing the site's visitors as to whether the premises having been sold successfully three years later.

http://www.medicinewhl.org/aboute.htm

QuoteMedicine Wheel Healing Community was formed in 2010 by Carol Koski, Rollin (Ron) Holton and James Robideau. The dream was to develop a Healing Community which will help Native youth in continuing to recover after alcohol and drug treatment by utilizing practical knowledge and strategies of modern addiction psychology, along with the ancient traditional insight, wisdom, and healing methods of the elders.
Medicine Wheel Healing Community was also planning to hold educational experiences that will lead Native people to healthy lifestyles.
Carol Koski built a two-story building on her property which was near completion when Ron passed away in June 2011. Six weeks later Carol also passed away. The property is up for sale now.
James Robideau, as the only remaining Board Member, found four new Board Members to ensure a fully functional Board.
Medicine Wheel Healing Community is a 501 (C) (3) Non Profit Organization in active status which is incorporated in the State of Nebraska.

The site informs about the board of directors saying:

QuoteBoard of Directors
James Robideau, Dakota Nation  - Board Officer, President
Thomas Cook, Mohawk Nation  -  Board Officer, Secretary
Joseph American Horse, Lakota  -  Board Officer, Spiritual Advisor
Isabella Schon [sic], German  -  Board Officer, Treasurer

This site, same as the DYP one, also comes with English and German language sections, thus clearly including the German-language audience to raise donations. This is also apparent in their Facebook site ( https://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Medicine-Wheel-Healing-Community-Inc/237146976384520  ) which also carries bi-lingual news. Two of them are announcing ceremonies, one sweatlodge for children and their families, the other one the MWHC's participation in a sundance. Furthermore, the reports on MWHC activities are not exactly numerous: four in 2014, three in 2013, five in 2012 (two of the entries announce the addition of the German-language section of the MWHC website).

Despite MWHC aiming at providing info re healthy nutrition to the inhabitants of Pine Ridge, one of the entries from Dec 25, 2013 says:

QuoteOn December 24, 2012 Medicine Wheel Healing Community delivered Christmas bags with fruit, nuts and candies to families on Pine Ridge Reservation. Thank you to everybody who helped to make this happen.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all friends and supporters of MWHC!

According to Guidestar ( http://www.guidestar.org/ViewPdf.aspx?PdfSource=0&ein=27-2777061 ), MWHC has only submitted tax forms for the years 2010 and 2011, and none for the following years. While donations in 2010 seem to have amounted to $5,000, this amount was down to $ 500 in 2011, but there was an amount of some $118,000 declared as ,,other income". From the declaration which Guidestar publishes as a PDF  ( http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/272/777/2011-272777061-089a5970-Z.pdf ), this amount seems to have been left to MWHC after the death of one of their founders.

Many of the results presented in the Google search of MWHC are from sites rating resp providing info on charities. The first other result in English language is the blog of a Nuager ( http://tchiya.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/medicine-wheel-page-at-tchiya-com/  ) who e.g also promotes Manataka.

MEDICINE WHEEL HEALING COMMUNITY, INC.    
10135275

Principal Office Address    
8 CHADRON CREEK
P.O. BOX 683
CHADRON, NE 69337
   
Registered Agent and Office Address
JAMES ROBIDEAU
8 CHADRON CREEK TRL CRT
CHADRON, NE 69337

Nature of Business       
EDUCATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, INTEGRATING LAKOTA TRADITIONS AND CULTURE.    
Entity Type  Non Profit (Dom) Corp
Qualifying State: NE    May 10 2010    Active


Corporation Position    Name    Address
President    JAMES G ROBIDEAU    8 CHADRON CREEK, CHADRON, NE 69337

Secretary    THOMAS COOK    1705 S MAPLE STREET, CHADRON, NE 69337

Treasurer    ISABELLA SCHON    152 SLIM BUTTES RD, P.O. BOX 267, CHADRON, NE 69337

Director    JAMES ROBIDEAU    8 CHADRON CREEK, P.O. BOX 683, CHADRON, NE 69337

Director    ISABELLA SCHON    152 SLIM BUTTES RD, P.O. BOX 267, CHADRON, NE 69337

Director    THOMAS COOK    1705 S MAPLE STREET, CHADRON, NE 69337

Director    JOSEPH AMERICAN HORSE    1 LAKE SHORE DRIVE, OGLALA, SD 57764

Nebraska corporation search: https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi?acct-number=10135275#searchform

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Info on domain MEDICINEWHL.ORG - registrant Carol  Koski, admin and tech Isabella  Schon

Quote from: Piff on October 07, 2014, 05:10:24 PM
Info on domain MEDICINEWHL.ORG - registrant Carol  Koski, admin and tech Isabella  Schon

The person named as a registrant, Carol Koski, is one of the original founders of the organisation who passed in July or August 2011.

question, forgive the sound of ignorance, but would like a long story short......Does this man NOT have his peoples ok to share?
If not, then if and when he comes this way, i can inform my community to be careful.
We have had many come through here that had blessings, and many who have not.
it is tough for us to always know. Especially if they have practice fooling people.
It tough afterward, to break peoples hearts when they followed and later we find they were not real or at least not given permission.

I have come across a man with this name . I think. I am trying to remember. IT was one of those singer dudes. one of three dudes, robideaux , stoner, and the other peyote singer.

this man that i came across in ceremony, was on his way to hawaii bringing along with him 3 white 'ambasssadors' of 3 european countries , to negotiate trade between nations. or something like that.

Quote from: koyoteh on October 07, 2014, 09:23:41 PM
question, forgive the sound of ignorance, but would like a long story short......Does this man NOT have his peoples ok to share?

He does not share, he is selling ceremony.

Also please read this thread about the Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2695.0

in particular:

Quote
4. We especially urge all our Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people to take action to prevent our own people from contributing to and enabling the abuse of our sacred ceremonies and spiritual practices by outsiders; for, as we all know, there are certain ones among our own people who are prostituting our spiritual ways for their own selfish gain, with no regard for the spiritual well-being of the people as a whole.

5. We assert a posture of zero-tolerance for any "white man's shaman" who rises from within our own communities to "authorize" the expropriation of our ceremonial ways by non-Indians; all such "plastic medicine men" are enemies of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.

Quote from: Ingeborg on October 07, 2014, 10:54:43 PM

Quote from: koyoteh on October 07, 2014, 09:23:41 PM
question, forgive the sound of ignorance, but would like a long story short......Does this man NOT have his peoples ok to share?

He does not share, he is selling ceremony.

Also please read this thread about the Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2695.0

in particular:

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4. We especially urge all our Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people to take action to prevent our own people from contributing to and enabling the abuse of our sacred ceremonies and spiritual practices by outsiders; for, as we all know, there are certain ones among our own people who are prostituting our spiritual ways for their own selfish gain, with no regard for the spiritual well-being of the people as a whole.

5. We assert a posture of zero-tolerance for any "white man's shaman" who rises from within our own communities to "authorize" the expropriation of our ceremonial ways by non-Indians; all such "plastic medicine men" are enemies of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.

apologies for using the word share. i only used that word because i am not in the know .

but also ,thank you for making this statement about being aware of what your own/our own people do . I understand it means you/we have to regulate out own and not just put blame on others when they get burned.

some of my people have gotten burned by members of other tribes then get attacked for doing what they do. All the while the people thinking they had the ok to do what they do, because of  con men.

what makes it even tougher is when the knowledge is real, but there was no way to know that they didnt have permission to share, or sell.

by now, because many people were burned many times, i am glad to say that we have developed some sort of guidelines to watch out for. number one is selling.

after that though ....

thanks for this.

Quote from: koyoteh on October 08, 2014, 10:38:50 PM
apologies for using the word share. i only used that word because i am not in the know .

but also ,thank you for making this statement about being aware of what your own/our own people do . I understand it means you/we have to regulate out own and not just put blame on others when they get burned.

some of my people have gotten burned by members of other tribes then get attacked for doing what they do. All the while the people thinking they had the ok to do what they do, because of  con men.

what makes it even tougher is when the knowledge is real, but there was no way to know that they didnt have permission to share, or sell.

by now, because many people were burned many times, i am glad to say that we have developed some sort of guidelines to watch out for. number one is selling.

First of all, I'm not native and have never pretended I was - I'm a Euro.

Then it might be an idea you started reading the boards first to get an idea what the forum is about, what is appropriate and what isn't. So e.g. nobody ever received a permission from their nation's elders to sell ceremony. Nobody has ever been sent by their elders to teach Euros or to sell them ceremonies. From what the native members of NAFPS said I have learned that medicine persons are expected to work for their respective nation and not among other nations or among Euros. I have also learned that in a predominantly Native environment, one is expected to listen well and learn before speaking, and that writing posts in a sort of 'stream of consciousness' style is considered mighty white.

ok before misunderstandings take place.

my use of the word share or sell.

either , or . 

let me reprhase or restate or requestion.  please do not assume i know nothing. i am admitting i do not know everything

When a person comes aroud here to los angeles, either selling or sharing or trading their tribes culture or the culture of whom a tribe they say they are from , for the sake of readers, not necesssarily myself,
what should the potiential receivers do?

am looking for constructive ideas here. For many years now i have received complaints of many following fakes and spreading the fakes 'knowledge' but never really any solutions.

i understand this thread waas not intended for me. But i do find it an issue here in the cities where we are on the receiving end of this issue. 

i did read it . declaration 1993. Actually perfect year.

Quote from: koyoteh on October 08, 2014, 10:38:50 PM

Quote from: Ingeborg on October 07, 2014, 10:54:43 PM

Quote from: koyoteh on October 07, 2014, 09:23:41 PM
question, forgive the sound of ignorance, but would like a long story short......Does this man NOT have his peoples ok to share?

He does not share, he is selling ceremony.

Also please read this thread about the Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2695.0

in particular:

Quote
4. We especially urge all our Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people to take action to prevent our own people from contributing to and enabling the abuse of our sacred ceremonies and spiritual practices by outsiders; for, as we all know, there are certain ones among our own people who are prostituting our spiritual ways for their own selfish gain, with no regard for the spiritual well-being of the people as a whole.

5. We assert a posture of zero-tolerance for any "white man's shaman" who rises from within our own communities to "authorize" the expropriation of our ceremonial ways by non-Indians; all such "plastic medicine men" are enemies of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.

apologies for using the word share. i only used that word because i am not in the know .

but also ,thank you for making this statement about being aware of what your own/our own people do . I understand it means you/we have to regulate out own and not just put blame on others when they get burned.

some of my people have gotten burned by members of other tribes then get attacked for doing what they do. All the while the people thinking they had the ok to do what they do, because of  con men.

what makes it even tougher is when the knowledge is real, but there was no way to know that they didnt have permission to share, or sell.

by now, because many people were burned many times, i am glad to say that we have developed some sort of guidelines to watch out for. number one is selling.

after that though ....

thanks for this.

its called "cleaning our own backyard".......white frauds get called out, black frauds get called out, yellow frauds get called out, mexican natives, south american natives, canadian natives......and even our own from U.S. tribal communities get called out......and in the long run they pay the most dearly......because not only do they have to face the disapproval of their people but also the disapproval of the creator

fo sho