The Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, Cherokee and Tibetan Buddhist Nun
Current mood: disgusted

http://www.sunray.org/

Here resides the Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo of the Green Mountain Aniyunwiwa Band of Cherokees in the Appalachians. She holds instructions with the Crystal Ark.

http://www.beautywayproductions.com/

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CHEROKEE/2001-12/1007922466

http://www.vajradakininunnery.org/ywahoo.html

Her book:

http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/ISBN/0-87773-410-0.cfm/xid,1268063/yid,21312866/userId,B81115BC-5780-49EA-8F562ECC2F67687F

Her CD:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/vdy

Her interview:

http://www.allonenow.org/venerabledhyani.html

Teleconference with the Venerable One:

http://www.innovative4you.com/vajrawomenswisdomregistration.htm

We could go on and on with the links to this one. Crystal Arks, The Pleiades and Atlantis, Buddhist Nunnery, Cherokees that hid in the Appalachians... and she's still in business.

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Ernesto Alvarado, Apache shaman, is back
Current mood: annoyed

Well here's another Apache shaman. Notice how popular it is to be a Lakota or Apache medicine man... or in Maria's case... woman.  Here's an article from last year...

http://www.bluecorncomics.com/stype752.htm

and here is again on a whole page of "shamans" and their events. Click on his name for information.

http://www.earthworksforhumanity.org/pages/elders.shtmlAlvarado_Quinquil

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Morgan Eaglebear... Another Apache Fraud
Current mood: angry

Medicine Frauds: Not Just a Lakota Problem, but a very big Inde problem as well.

http://www.progressivetek.com/eaglebear/

The fake and phoney Morgan Eaglebear Maez... and the letter from Ft. Sill:

http://www.mindspring.com/~mike.wicks/eaglebear.html

http://www.mail-archive.com/nativenews@mlists.net/msg04126.html

The movie:

http://www.tibetlink.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=664&Itemid=132

The book:

http://www.allbookstores.com/book/link/0307344576

He's a shaman AND a bishop:

http://www.raymerry.com/indig/morgan.htm

http://www.independentoldcatholic.org/ilcf.html

http://www.lcc.cc/sophiacircle/members.htm

Morgan on UFO's:

Indigenous people and UFO's

(Reprinted with permission of Blue Water Publishing, Inc., publishers of Contact Forum: The Roundtable of Universal Communication; PO Box 190, Mill Spring, NC 28756, USA.)

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Morgan Eaglebear, Maria Yraceburu, Ebay

This person had their Ebay About Me section pulled because they listed the frauds to watch out for. Yet... Ebay allows the auctions of human body parts such as scalps, real feathers and sacred ceremonial objects to be sold.

http://dehaluyi.googlepages.com/home

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Dr. Jacobs - Medicine Woman

A "Cherokee" medicine woman... exposed...

http://www.trishajacobs.com/

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Amazon.com boycott

http://www.petitiononline.com/31035/petition.html

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Apache Fraud, Maria Yraceburu
Current mood: disgusted

Maria Yraceburu (self-proclaimed direct descendant of Apache Naylin Lage) , and her partner Linda Yraceburu (gypsy) are among a long list of native culture vultures. She has a full schedule as you can see on her website, charges her shaman and vision quest prices, writes books, holds lectures, speaking engagements, and courses... all for a price. Please review the below information and see for yourself why it is our mission to make sure that people like this cease to continue the abuse of our culture and traditions.

http://www. followingancestors. net/

http://www. prophecykeepers. com/yraceburu1. html

http://www.sandiegocircle.com/articles/mariaancestor.html

Her blog:

http://dashiheka.blogspot.com/2008/01/ii-building-containment.html

Here is a response letter from a few years back from the White Mountain Apache tribe. As you can see, she is not recognized in the tribe and what she is doing is not appreciated. We intend to follow up on this and make sure she is aware that we are not happy, nor do we condone what she is doing

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Thank you for contacting the White Mountain Apache Tribe Heritage Program.


The Tribe became aware of the works of Maria Naylin / Lynda Yraceburu about two
years ago, when we discovered that her website had appropriated, without
authorization, the logo for the Tribe's Nohwike Bagowa Cultural Center and
Museum.


The White Mountain Apache Tribe then conducted research into the historical and
cultural foundations of Ms. Naylin / Yraceburu assertions and publications,
including consultations with Apache elders and cultural specialists who are
members of the White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache tribes.


The inquiry failed to discover any reliable evidence suggesting the historical
or cultural legitimacy or accuracy of the work of Ms. Naylin / Yraceburu. All
indications available to the Tribe are that she and her works are among the
latest in a long line of misguided efforts to make unauthorized and
inappropriate use of Native American culture and history -- cobbled-together
half-truths and fabrications intended to deceive and derive profit from the
hopes and fears of those seeking to understand themselves and American Indians.


The Tribe was obliged by the unauthorized use of the Tribe's Cultural Center
and Museum name and logo to demand that Ms. Naylin / Yraceburu remove if from
her website. So far as I know, she failed to provide the courtesy of a reply to
the Tribe, but did reduce the size of the image visible on her website beyond
easy recognition. The Tribe remains deeply concerned about the prospects for
additional misappropriation of Apache culture and interference in the operation
of the Tribe's Cultural Center by Ms. Naylin / Yraceburu.


We would welcome information concerning Ms. Naylin / Yraceburu, either
supporting or refuting the results of the Tribe's inquiry.


Always seeking truth,


John R. Welch, PhD
Archaeologist and Historic Preservation Officer
White Mountain Apache Tribe Heritage Program


PO Box 507, Fort Apache, AZ 85926
928.338.3033
fax 338.6055
cell 521-1521
JWelch@W...
www. wmat. nsn. us

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Please see our page for a video of Maria Yraceburu speaking with the host of a New Age show. Please note that there is no Quero Apache reservation as spoken about, nor is there evidence of an Quero Apache by the name of Ten Bears, that Maria claims she is descended from.

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Responds letter to Vision Quest for Sale

Hello;


Thank you for your email. My tardy response isn't a sign of any disrespect but just that I have been teaching and traveling for several weeks. I do appreciate the opportunity to respond to your email and your concerns.


Just so you know, in the first talk at the vision quest I guide, I make it clear that I do not teach a "Lipan Apache Vision Quest ceremony", or a quest of any other Native American tribe. When I received your email, I checked my webpage and the write-up about the vision quest and realized that I do not make that point clear there. I immediately added the line that the quest I am offering is not a Lipan Apache quest and if you check again, you will find those words there. Actually, I never claimed that I am teaching a Lipan quest, just that I am passing on the teaching of Lipan Apache elder Stalking Wolf, but I recognize that that could be misleading to a reader, so I changed it.


I always tell people in the first talk of the quest that what I am teaching was passed to me through Tom Brown, Jr., a student of Stalking Wolf. Tom guided my first quest in 1982, asked me to help him guide the next one he led the next year, and then asked me to guide them in Grandfather's tradition for others. Further, Stalking Wolf taught Tom with the expressed intent that he teach others, in other words, to pass on what Stalking Wolf taught. When Tom teaches, he makes it clear that while Stalking Wolf was raised in a Lipan setting in northern Mexico, receiving traditional training from the elders of his tribe, he then wandered widely for many years before he met Tom, studying from the elders wherever he wandered. By the time he met Tom, (and according to Tom) he was teaching not a specific cultural tradition but the essence of all that he had discovered through his spiritual search. Also, according to Tom, and I have no reason to doubt him, Stalking Wolf's particular genius was in his ability to study a broad range of ceremony and teaching and then distill out the essence at the center of the teachings, leaving out the specific teachings of any particular culture that were unique to that culture.


Actually, I have no idea what the particular form the "Lipan Apache Vision Quest" might take, so I wouldn't be able to teach it even if I wished to. I did not even know that there was a specific Lipan Quest or what the Lipan word for 'vision quest' might be (though I am interested in both the word and in the english translation of that word if you wouldn't mind sending it to me). I know there is a loose structure of the Lakota Vision Quest ceremony, however their many elders guide the quest in a slightly (and sometimes radically) different way depending on the personal medicine of each elder. I know that virtually every religion in the world has a 'vision quest' type of experience as a part of its spiritual teachings (though it is often overlooked in the modern world), and I know that virtually every mystical society has some form of questing as a central part of its practices.


As for respect, I am afraid that you do not know what is in my heart. I believe in the great power of the earth to nurture and heal any and all of us, I believe in the power of the Creator, the Great Mystery, to guide and protect us, and I believe in the power of the Vision Quest as taught to me by Stalking Wolf through Tom Brown, Jr., to bring these two powers into the human world to heal, guide, and bless all of us and to help us walk a true medicine, spiritual path. Concerning the Vision Quest, I have been teaching since the mid-1980's, and have always taught as a spokesman, a loudspeaker if you will, for Grandfather, Stalking Wolf, for his teachings, and for his spiritual lineage as he defined it to Tom. I have guided over a thousand people in the Vision Quest using Grandfather's teachings as my guide, and I have taught over 200 people to lead the quest in Grandfather's way. I am sorry if you think this work is about me or about some new-age fluff. I do not feel it is so.


About the "cost" of the quest; I do not charge for the quest but do accept donations for such things as land rental, insurance, travel, food for the 4 days not fasting, etc. I have never turned someone away who could not pay the donation. I have a "suggested donation" because when I first started with the donation, I spent most of my time trying to help people figure out what a donation might look like, and most people have no idea what the hidden costs of the quest might be. I did check this out with some Lakota elders who I know and they said as long as I wasn't charging for the ceremony, they had no problem with it. Since I am not running a "Lipan Apache Vision Quest" (or a Lakota quest) and I am not charging for the quest but running it on a donation only basis, I am not "selling" your tribal spirituality. The only reason "Lipan" comes up in my writing is to honor the man who inspired the teaching and the particular form of the quest I pass on.


Finally, I am sorry you feel that what I am doing is wrong. My guides have always been Grandfather's teaching, his stated desire that these teachings reach as many people as are interested, and, at my core, my allegiance and direction is always to the Creator, and to my spiritual guidance. They tell me it is not wrong to pass on the teachings I have been blessed with.


I do hope this letter clarifies what has offended you and further that it eases your anger. If you have further concerns, please feel free to contact me again. I must suppose that your guidance has directed you to contact me and I don't believe our "guidance" would be oppositional since I don't believe the Spirit world is oppositional between those whose hearts walk a medicine path. Therefore, in my opinion, our connection must be for the clarification I have sought to shed on your concerns.


You mentioned that you had contacted your tribal vice-chairman with your concerns, so perhaps you wouldn't mind sending my response to those concerns to him as well.


Thank you for taking the time to read my response.


In Medicine;


Malcolm Ringwalt

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Vision Quest For Sale ~ teachings of Lipan Apache elder

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Hi This is the site that is selling fake Vision quests. One of our founders of this site "say no to culture vultures" wrote to them about this and they responded... The responds will be posted in the next blog.  Just take notice of the change in the add below... in this section: We are passing along the Vision Quest teachings of Lipan Apache elder and shaman Stalking Wolf (though this is not a Lipan Apache Quest).  Well that fixes it....

The Vision Quest: an ancient rite of passage

The Vision Quest is an ancient rite of passage used for thousands of years by indigenous cultures and mystical societies for spiritual growth and expansion. The tradition passed to us consists of 4 days and 4 nights immersed in the beauty and healing energy of nature, alone in a Quest circle, no distractions, fasting from all things familiar. You come face to face with yourself, and get to know more deeply who you are (and who you are not). With all distractions and the noise of daily life removed, and the voices of those around you silenced, you are more able to hear the whisperings of your soul reminding you why you came here in this life. 4 days and 4 nights -- just you alone with the Creator.

Find a greater sense of joy that comes from creating a life that has meaning when you realize your unique gifts and begin to live them and share them in the world at large. Begin to find the gifts and power in what you have perceived as your weaknesses/obstacles/shadow.  Why is the Vision Quest still used to this day? Because it works. We are passing along the Vision Quest teachings of Lipan Apache elder and shaman Stalking Wolf (though this is not a Lipan Apache Quest). The program is 8 days. Prior to your Quest, we will help you prepare for this life-changing experience and we will provide the structure and support you will need. We will also provide security and protection from outside interruptions. After the Quest, we will give you the tools to help you process and understand all the gifts and insights you have received, so that your spiritual growth can be integrated into your daily life.

The Vision Quest is a challenging and powerful opportunity for growth, regardless of your background, station in life, or belief system. It is free of any dogma or religious affiliation. The only requirement is a commitment to yourself, your spiritual growth, and a willingness to be transformed. Prior outdoor experience is not required, and past participants in this rite of passage have ranged in age from 16 to 82. Please call to discuss any questions or concerns about dietary or medical needs. You will need camping equipment for the base camp during the days you are not Questing. A full "To Bring" list will be included in your acceptance letter. We provide all meals during the 4 days you are not Questing, and we provide all bottled water used during the Quest. Read Student Comments

Suggested Donation:   $650 This donation is not payment for the Quest teachings, but covers the many expenses incurred in running this program, such as meals for the 4 days you are not Questing, land rental, supplies, travel expenses, insurance, etc. -- and is what enables us to continue to offer this program to those who are called to it.

2008: Oregon (near Ashland)-- May 17-24, 2008 Pine Barrens, NJ -- July 26 - Aug 2, 2008 $300 Non-refundable deposit

Thursday, April 24, 2008

what is a twinkie What is a Twinkie? What exactly is a twinkie? Is it a delicious cream filled snack cake? Well, a Twinkie may be many of those things but when real live indians talk about Twinkies, they're not talking about any of these things. A Twinkie is a person, almost always a non Indian, privileged person who peddles spiritual junk food. Just as the Hostess version is all sugar and chemicals containing very little nutritional value, the New Age Twinkie is artificial and valueless in a spiritual sense. Twinkies all have different interests, but there is one trait that they all have in common: an auditory impairment that makes them incapable of hearing or comprehending the word, "No!" This impairment is particularly prominent when a person of lower social class, are uttering the word. Some Twinkies have been known to remain completely oblivious to never understand the word "NO" . Another common trait is a sense of entitlement. Twinkies are often heard preaching about how everyone is entitled to Native American Spirituality. However, no one can have their graphics. It's a subtle distinction that often proves hard to grasp. Twinkies always stick together. Whenever one Twinkie is exposed, all the other Twinkies rush to its defense with crocodile tears. They make elegant testimonials as to the Twinkies "good intentions" and its kind and "caring voice." It's a kind of professional courtesy among thieves. Good intentions are the New Age equivalent of a "Get out of jail free card". They are an all purpose excuse for any type of exploitation or charlatanism. A fool and his money are soon parted. The Twinkie counts on this. Just like McDonalds, they know how to please the masses. They know how to mix just the right combinations of Christianity, psycho-babble, Astrology, re-incarnation, Wicca, crystal healing, Tarot card reading and astro-projection to appeal to the general public, desparate for spiritual enlightenment, but not really committed to doing anything that requires too much time or effort, especially on week-ends. All Twinkies absolutely must have a fake Indian name. It's a must. This can be easily achieved by chosing two or more words from any column of the following table: For instance, Gramma Lavender Rainbow Owl Weaver or Chief Grey, Morning Star Rosemary Medicine, or Sister Shining Blue Moon Buffalo Parsley, White Eagle Medicine Woman,  would make really good Twinkie names. Now all you have to do is get yourself set up to accept Visa and Mastercard and you're on the road to spiritual fulfillment! Some people are so good at Twinkiedom that I think we should have awards for them... NOT! . All we are saying is be yourself, and that's the best way to honor your spirit... ..tr>..table> ..tr> ..table> 6:41 AM - 2 Comments - 4 Kudos - Add Comment Animals Colors Cliches Birds Plants Relationship Indicators Misc Wolf Blue Medicine Eagle Parsley Brother/ Sister Moon Buffalo Red Shining Owl Sage Gramma/ Grampa Morning Star Bear Grey Proud Hawk Rosemary Clan Mother Thunder Coyote Lavender Weaver Raven Thyme Chief Rainbow