Poor Jerry Edwards, he keeps hanging himself with his own words, one Freudian slip after another. I think he admitted at least half a dozen times here that he is NOT Cherokee.
"Grandfather tells me to just keep on keeping on."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't think of a single example of a Cherokee leader, spiritual or otherwise, referring to grandfather repeatedly. It sounds like Edwards is imitating Nuagers who imitate Lakota.
"There will be a time where you realize just how important the work this Family is doing"
Nice of him to admit to not being an actual tribe. I kept thinking of that cult from The Omega Man, The Family.
"I am told that you want to experience you Tsalagi heritage and that will come more as time goes on."
Nice of him to admit they are NOT Cherokee, at least "not yet."
"You should know, I have been contacted by folks from the CNO, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. The people who contacted me are Traditional who have studied our website."
Interesting. I'll try and see what Richard Allen has to say about that claim. Remember before that he claimed the CNO had oral historians agreeing with his claim about Yawahoo Falls? Then he never would say their names or office.
My main fear here would be that he might be in touch with Wm Anderson's bunch claiming to be Keetowahs.
"Because of the approach that was given to me from the beginning"
The beginning? But you were kicked out (or left) when after first tried to set up the UCN.
"There has also been a backlash in that, the full bloods on the reservations have been hesitant"
Oh brother. He doesn't even know the CNO has no rez and hasn't for many decades.
Or could he be referring to me? I'm neither fullblood nor live on the rez.
"An example of that is the attacks we experience once in a while by narrow minded self righteous people like the one who runs the Native fraud sites."
Yeah, I guess he does mean me. Interesting how he has to engage in RACE BAITING of fullbloods, appeal to their fear of fullblood NDNs. I suppose he could've seen my photo, and some have mistaken me for fullblood before. Not other NDNs, but whites have.
"Are you interested in anything more than your day to day lives and is this just some curiosity to you. I have many people who apply for citizenship ask if we will help with their genealogy. that seems to be one of the first things they are interested in."
That tells us, again, his group is mostly PODIAs.
"i think that is in part the answer to the question as to why people are so quiet here."
Yeah, they just don't know any better, and the "Im so spirchul" routine he lays on them intimidates them. Or many of them could just be only slightly interested.
"I have been contacted by the Priesthood, the Adawehi, (Ah-dah-way-hee) of the Cherokee Nation Proper."
I recall a conversation in here about that alleged Keetowah society in NY, where Richard Allen mentioned an account of all the Cherokee priesthood being killed off several centuries ago.
In any case, it's not like the CNO has official govt priests on the payroll, like what he's implying.
"time will come when the cultural aspect of things will come."
There he goes again, admitting they are not Cherokee culturally, at least "not yet."
"We have been doing this for 7 years now. There you go, 7, a sacred number and no coincidence"
Is seven considered a sacred number by the Cherokee?
"You should be proud to be part of this Family."
Again, admitting to not being a tribe.
"If you are not, you are not paying attention."
That'd be my guess. Many of them joined and read the stuff once a month, that's it.
"i pray you are absorbing all you read and allowing it to work in your hearts. You notice I did not say on your hearts."
That sounds like a fortune cookie.
"That may sound silly, let's get to being Indian people."
Again, he Admits to they are Not NDNs, only want to be.
"Make a dream catcher"
Wrong tribe bubba.
"If you want to be Indian"
Again!
"i want to see this Tribe become and experience the Indian aspect of who we are."
And Again!
The Indian aspect? In other words, you admit most of what you do is Not NDN.
And not even saying Cherokee anymore, but generic Indian.
"Does anyone know what a Stomp Dance is?"
He really has to explain that? Quite an admission.
"PS, by the way, for the new folks, you have four chiefs and two clan mothers at this present time. I am Yonv, (Yoh-nuh) the Principal Chief, there is , who is the principal speaker to the Principal Chief, there is who is Right hand to the Principal Chief, you have Chief Giga Tali who is the Red Chief or War Chief and Clan Mother RiverHawk who is Bird Clan Mother, and Clan Mother Red Sky who is the Blue Clan Mother. We do not have the other Clans covered yet with Clan Mothers"
Only two clans now? They seem to have lost some. Earlier they'd reduced from seven to four.
