Robert John Cook & OptimisticVibe.com

[educatedindian]

Got a request about him.

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Robert John Cook asserts he is a descendent of Lyanough of the Wampanoag nation. He has published a book stating so and uses this heritage to fuel fake projects (One Native) and as a credential for his fraudulent money making schemes (all projects that supposedly help women, children, Native peoples, and poor.)

His website is optimisticvibe.com

He is using Wampanoag lineage. Here is a link to a page of his online book that traces his lineage to the native line. His lineage does trace to the folks that caused the Wampanoag to be extinct. I did not follow his lineage to Brewster but Cook is a famous name in Hawaii and that is his line. Murderers, thieves, plunderers, well paid English pirates that committed genocide against native peoples in a land grab.

https://robertjohncookwriter.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/chapter-one/

[Piff]

This operation http://optimisticvibe.com/ looks incredibly shady. Heavy marketing and lots of new age bafflegab.

I definitely would not sign this intellectual property agreement with them http://optimisticvibe.com/intellectual-property-agreement/

MASTER NAME    OPTIMISTIC VIBE, INC.
BUSINESS TYPE    Domestic Profit Corporation
FILE NUMBER    284412 D1
STATUS    Active
PURPOSE    THE CORPORATION IS A "SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS CORPORATION" WITH THE CORPORATE PURPOSE TO CREATE GENERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT; PROMOTE WELLNESS FOR PEOPLE, PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ADVOCATE CULTURE FOR COMMUNITY.
PLACE INCORPORATED    Hawaii UNITED STATES
REGISTRATION DATE    Oct 16, 2017
MAILING ADDRESS    P O BOX 167
CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii 96704
UNITED STATES
CONSENT NAME    OPTIMISTIC VIBE
TERM    PER
AGENT NAME    ROBERT JOHN COOK
AGENT ADDRESS    82-1090 C-KINUE RD
CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii 96704
UNITED STATES

https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/business.html?fileNumber=284412D1

TRADE NAME    OPTIMISTIC VIBE
FILE NUMBER    284412 D1
CERTIFICATE NUMBER    4148831
STATUS    Active
PURPOSE    ART PROJECT
CATEGORY    NO CATEGORY SELECTED (0)
EXPIRATION DATE    Aug 31, 2020
REGISTRATION DATE    Sep 1, 2015
MAILING ADDRESS    P O BOX 167
CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii 96704
UNITED STATES
REGISTRANT    OPTIMISTIC VIBE, INC.
AGENT NAME    ROBERT JOHN COOK
AGENT ADDRESS    82-1090 C-KINUE RD
CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii 96704
UNITED STATES

https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/trade.html?fileNumber=284412D1&certificate=4148831

MASTER NAME    JULIE ELLEN ROBBINS FOUNDATION
BUSINESS TYPE    Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
FILE NUMBER    286151 D2
STATUS    Active
PURPOSE    CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES;
PLACE INCORPORATED    Hawaii UNITED STATES
REGISTRATION DATE    Dec 4, 2017
MAILING ADDRESS    P O BOX 167
CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii 96704
UNITED STATES
CROSS REFERENCE NAME    JULIE ELLEN ROBBINS FOUNDATION
TERM    PER
AGENT NAME    ROBERT JOHN COOK
AGENT ADDRESS    82-1090 KINUE RD UNIT C
CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii 96704
UNITED STATES

https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/business.html?fileNumber=286151D2

[Piff]

Robert is the artist behind the www.OptimisticVibe.com.

Born on the coast of Rhode Island, Robert moved to the seaside community of Scituate, Massachusetts when he was 10 years old.

Robert John Cook attended college at The University of New Orleans and lived in the city for many years before returning to New England and settling in New Hampshire.

I am a descendant of five Pilgrims, including William Brewster

2008 https://robertjohncookwriter.wordpress.com/about/

[Piff]

Following OV biz plan, I will be back in Hilo in time for this event to enjoy the Native American part of me
6 Jun 2013

https://twitter.com/RobertJohnCook/status/342831028995489792

Hyannis is home to Robert John Cook's native forefathers.
 30 Nov 2013

https://twitter.com/RobertJohnCook/status/406777172721147904

From my native bloodline, as an Elder, my book is based on Seven Teachings
4 May 2016

https://twitter.com/RobertJohnCook/status/727902296210694145

ONE NATIVE is a Warrior Of The Rainbow.
7 Sep 2017

https://twitter.com/RobertJohnCook/status/905930792685015040

"Seven Teachings" may refer to this model https://www.southernnetwork.org/site/seven-teachings

Versions of "Warrior of The Rainbow" can be found all through the new age biz. Lots of discussion of it here on forums.

[Piff]

Robert John Cook's heritage claims go back 12 + generations before he claims Wampanoag.

He says he is a direct descendant of "Mary Little Dove Hyanno".

But this is an invented genealogical myth. Debunked as far back as 1938.

Traces back to the claims of Franklyn Bearce in 1933:

In the 1933, Franklyn Ele-watum Bearce filed with the Library of Congress a manuscript entitled "From Out of the Past--Who Our Forefathers Really Were, a True Narrative of our White and Indian Ancestors." This Bearce claimed he was a Schaghticoke and Eastern Indian attempting to obtain benefits as an Indian from the State of Connecticut. Part of his genealogy was then published in an article, about Jacob Hamblin, claiming that Austin Bearse was of gypsy heritage, a criminal shipped off to Barnstable, and that he had married "Indian Princess" Mary "Little Dove" Hyanno.

The first three generations of Mr. Bearce's claims were analyzed in a 1938 article by Donald Lines Jacobus, a renowned professional genealogist, and founder of the prestigious journal The American Genealogist.

The end result is that modern genealogist consider the work of Franklyn Bearse to be a fraud.

https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I14235

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bearse/320/

[Sparks]

"Seven Teachings" may refer to this model https://www.southernnetwork.org/site/seven-teachings

6 of the "7 guiding principles" have animal logos, while "Honesty" looks like this:



Certainly makes you look like a crook, Mr. Cook!