Roy Glass, AKA Roy Spotted Eagle

[ChikashaTruth]

This man is from Buffalo, SC and claims he is a Cherokee Holy man of 3/4 blood. He claims he was born in Tahlequah, OK but records show he was born in South Carolina. He rides into Pow Wows in the Southeast on horseback carrying the Cherokee flag claiming that he is there authorized by the Western Band to represent them. He has scammed a lot of people out of a lot of money. He has claimed to have played the flute on the David Letterman, claimed to be nominated for a Grammy in 2011, claimed to have played with Bill Miller, Mary Youngblood and Robert Mirabal. Has anyone else had dealing with this man?

[loudcrow]

Here is a link to the 2011 Grammy nominees. His name(s) (Roy Spotted Eagle Glass, Roy Glass, Roy Spotted Eagle) do not appear on this
list.

http://www.grammy.com/nominees

[loudcrow]

http://satans-cactus.deviantart.com/art/Spotted-Eagle-and-the-Scottsman-331390791

[ChikashaTruth]

Thanks Loudcrow for the 2011 Grammy list! I have already checked this and now others can see it as well. He also claims he is the nephew of Bill Glass, well known Cherokee artist!

[ChikashaTruth]

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20091126/PC1602/311269891

[ChikashaTruth]

http://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/2012-10-31/Front_Page/Museum_will_host_powwow.html

[ChikashaTruth]

http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2011/11/08/celebration-of-literacy-and-culture-to-be-held-at-landrum-library/

They printed the wrong picture but you can read his statement about being Grammy nominated.

[ChikashaTruth]

http://www.fluvannareview.com/attachments/2331_August2011Buckingham.pdf

Here he makes claim to be Grammy nominated and having played on David Letterman.

[educatedindian]

Glass's parents were Georgine and Donald Glass of Jonesville SC. Georgine was born in Germany. I don't see her maiden name and so don't know if she was German. It could be her parents were in the service.
http://www.holcombefuneralhomes.com/feb_08_OBITUARIES.htm

Songs on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkYFajrnSWw

Almost everything online about him is about his music. The deviant art link claims he is the holy man for the Beaver Creek Indians, who are Pee Dee in Salley SC with state recogntion, not Cherokee.
http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/salley-sc/27469689-beaver-creek-band-of-pee-dee-indians/

There's also two splinter groups, neither Cherokee.
http://thetandd.com/news/orangeburg-neeses-groups-included/article_bddceea6-0eca-518f-a365-fa2057347ba7.html
"Lewis Chavis, chief of the Beaver Creek Indians in Salley...Chavis' tribe, formerly called the Beaver Creek Band of Pee Dee Indians, changed its name because of the controversy created over splinter groups. Two of the groups that are alleged to have splintered from Chavis' tribe are the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek, based in Neeses, and the Croatan Pee Dee group, based in Orangeburg."

Could you tell us more about the harm he has done? Has he ever been charged or sued?

[ChikashaTruth]

Is there a way to communicate privately. There are some important pending issues that should not be pubic yet.

[Superdog]

The landrum library link only mentions Roy in the caption of the picture, but the picture is of somebody else. 

Some of the claims seem to not add up.  The Letterman show was supposed to air on Nov. 24th 2009, but the guest list for that episode shows Zac Efron with Rihanna as a musical performer.  But I didn't see anything yet that attributes that to Roy himself, rather posts by friends of his to try to and get support for him. 

I've seen him say he's a healer in the youtube vids, but I don't see any indication he's selling ceremonies.  Mostly it seems to be about him as a flute player.  His playing is ok....nothing to flip about.  Looks like someone who's been making a living performing for "Native American Festivals" who fluffs up his credentials and dresses the part to please the expectations of his audiences. 

Superdog

[ChikashaTruth]

No if you read further down, he claims to be Grammy nominated. Right next to the picture.

[ChikashaTruth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tdn9OuRti4

Here you can see him state that he will be on Letterman.

[Superdog]

No if you read further down, he claims to be Grammy nominated. Right next to the picture.

Yeah you're right, I missed that.  However, for that link you can really only attribute that to the author of the piece.  Local news reports often make mistakes in stories about these types of events.  Especially about the performers.  But from all the rest I've seen, I wouldn't doubt that he doesn't do much to correct it.  But...these types of folks tend to fluff up their credentials.  It looks like he's involved with Steve Silverheels and his House of Nations Ministry.  Roy, like Steve, appear to be spreading their Christian beliefs by setting up festivals where they and their friends are performers.  From the looks of it...the events they set up get little or no attendance.  Roy definately seems to rub people the wrong way however.  He's got a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Royspottedeagle) and complains a few times about pagans and wiccans being upset at him.  You can tell from the photos that at one point he dyed his hair black.

He also says he has a CDIB card on the fb page.  There's good indication that his claims of Cherokee heritage are true, but as a performer, he's presenting the "Hollywood Indian"....with small dashes of Cherokee mixed in.  So....I can see how he gets under people's skin.  He's making a living doing this and most of what he says about his credentials performance-wise seem made up.  If he's claiming he's "authorized" by CNO for anything...I'm sure that's bs. 

Superdog

[ChikashaTruth]

The CDIB card is fake. Also on his facebook music page, it states he is 2011 Grammy nominated.