Heyoka Magazine Investigates New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans a Group on the Internet
They are a group that claims to investigate individuals and groups that are leading people astray and fake spiritual leaders who make money from performing ceremonies. This does happen. But what about their tactics in researching people? They have become known as a group who harass others and make numerous false allegations without any substantial proof.
One website, which called itself Respect in the Cherokee language, although I am not sure what dialect she used since I cannot locate the word respect written by Prentice Robinson and while dialects may differ, the word should be listed although in its own dialect spelling, was maintained by a woman who lives in Europe by the name of Trish, who was anything but respectful to anyone. This woman took it upon herself to attack anyone and everyone who had the misfortune of coming to her attention. If the individual she attacked attempted to write to her, she would then smear what they wrote in a private email to her on her website. She was brutal and one of the most disrespectful persons I've ever seen, as she attempted to destroy that person on her website without giving that individual an opportunity to rebut her allegations.
This is not the native way of doing things. While Trish claimed to be Cherokee, it was obvious to most people, she had no traditional knowledge or training and her claims of support from the Cherokee Nation were an embarrassment.
She no longer has her website online either, claiming that she was being victimized by people. Well, anyone who went to the lengths she did to smear the names and reputations of many people without proof, has to expect people are going to fight back - legally and some in the same manner she chose.
Just an interesting notation, she had this website listed on her fraud list. Go figure.
The series of articles on Heyoka Magazine can be found here Article on NAPS
It should be noted that the NAPS website is not available on line so it seems Heyoka Magazine hit on something. Is Al Carroll a fraud? Read the series of articles and make up your own mind.
If the work they all claimed to be doing, in the name of the protection of Sacred ceremonies and abuse of native ways for money is true, why then have they all disappeared - their websites gone from the web? What are they hiding and what are they afraid of? It certainly does not appear that they are on the up and up, when the attention is centered on them and their activities.
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