http://cherokeeeldersociety.org/fraud-index.html[note: they are discussing all the Cherokee tribes that are claimed]
Fraud Index Number
Each Nation will be assigned a Fraud Index Number. The Fraud Index Number is calculated by totaling the points assigned to each in a series of fraudulent acts. The Index Number ranges from -650- which is the worst ranking to -O- which is the best ranking.
Organization
1)- Intertribal - Cherokee are not Intertribal. As the old saying goes
Cherokees were: "Always conquerors never conquered."
(50 points)
Traditions
2)- Plastic Elders - Cherokee Elders receive their knowledge first
hand through through oral tradition over a great many years not
from books instantly. (35 points)
3)- Combines Mormon myth/American Nativism with Cherokee
traditions especially that of the Myth of the White Jewish
Cherokee/White Cherokee. (20 points)
4)- Have a "Beloved Woman" - This tradition is not Cherokee but was
adapted from another nation in one instance by Cherokee living
in a border region after Nancy Ward helped to warn the nation of
an impending attack. Nancy Ward was the first and last "Beloved
Woman" of the Cherokee Nation. (10 points)
5)- There are only seven Cherokee Clans: A-ni-gi-lo-hi (Long Hair,
sometimes called the Twister, Wind or Strangers); A-ni-sa-ho-ni
(Blue; also Panther or Wildcat 0r Bear); A-ni-wa-ya (Wolf);
A-ni-go-te-ge-wi (Wild Potato or Savannah); A-ni-a-wi (Deer);
A-ni-tsi-s-qua (Bird); A-ni-wo-di (Paint, Red Paint or War
Paint). Any variation is not traditional. (45 points)
6)- Further the Myth of the Peaceful Cherokee (10 points).
7)- Plastic Names - the Cherokee have never collectively been to
Hollywood. We never used Hollywood Indian names. (10 points)
- Buffalo Traditions - The Cherokee People never had buffalo
traditions. Perhaps its because there were no great herds of
buffalo crashing through the cliffs and dense woods in the Smokey
Mountains. (10 points)
9)- Polygamy - Cherokee Traditions do not include traditions of
Polygamy. John Ross' father-in-law said anyone with more than
one wife should be shot hung and quartered, or something to that
effect. (10 points)
10)- Sacrificing the integrity of Traditional Cherokee medicine by allowing
non-Cherokee or non-family members into a sweat. (25 points)
11)- Using sweats for purposes of entertainment rather than for health reasons.
(25 points)
12)- Vacation Indians - Cherokee nations, tribes, bands or clans do not
exist in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, California, Alaska, Hawaii, or Porte Rico unless a very
large Cherokee Family went on vacation. (50 points)
Spirituality
13)- Plastic Shamans - If the spiritual leader is called the Shaman
there is a problem since Cherokee are not from Siberia and
Shamans are. (5 points)
14)- Cherokee Spiritual Leaders do not lead in ceremonies taken from
books especially Mooney's Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee.
(25 points)
15)- Non-Cherokees in the Circle - Cherokee Spiritual leaders do not
allow it. (25 points)
16)- Non-Cherokees praying in the Circle - Cherokee Spiritual leaders
do not allow it. (25 points)
17)- Cherokee Spiritual leaders do not allow Felons convicted under
the Right of Blood to enter the Circle or pray in the Circle. This is
because Felons according to the Right of Blood would have been
killed and are thus dead to the Cherokee People. (25 points)
18)- Mixes Non-Cherokee "American Indian" beliefs with Cherokee
Spirituality especially sweats, sundances, ghostdances, potlatches and longhouse
traditions . (50 points)
19)- Mixes Mormon myth with Cherokee Spirituality. (25 points)
20)- Mixes Judaism with Cherokee Spirituality. (25 points)
Leadership
21)- Leader is the "traditional Cherokee emperor." (50 points)
22)- Leader is a "Hereditary Chief" - Cherokees traditionally elected
leaders every 52 moons. (25 points)
23)- Council of Elders acts as the Council. - Cherokee Elders provide
advice and teach the people their traditions. They do not rule the
Nation. (25 points)
24)- Any association with known non-Cherokee Frauds. (45 points)
