While compiling the links below - we began to realize that there are really too many shame-ons /plastic medicine people to even attempt to list them all. So we have listed just a few - mostly within our geographic area.
The best way to tell if someone is full of BS or not is to "know them by their actions". Another way is If they say they are a medicine person - RUN as fast as you can in the other direction, don't look back just keep going.
If there is ANY meantion of ANY type of compensation for ceremony in any way then the chances of the person or group being genuine is unlikely. (Also see Remommended and Not Recommended )
There are correct and fundamental ways to participate in ceremony and community within our different cultures - food is usually an element, shared at the end of the ceremony or during a non-ceremonial event. Giveaways at dances/ceremony - any gathering is appropriate if done in a humble and respectable manner. Giveaways are not to show how "good or generous" a person you are - giveaways are from the heart and not to be made into a show.
Use some common sense when deciding to participate in any ceremony that is solicited through the internet and those that are advertised in nu-age papers. Those may NOT have anything constructive or healing to offer - just more fluffy feel-good crap!
And remember - Indians DON'T recruit! We don't ask for converts - in fact most traditional people are very tired of all the "seeking" by those only interested in "feeling good about themselves"! Indian way is always for the good of the people - not the good of the individual. The ceremonies are to show us how we "FIT" into Creation - not how to stand apart from it.
There are some people and organizations listed here - as warning not to participate with them and examples of the MANY others doing just the same thing. |
