OK it is morning and I am up although dead tired. I may not relate these items in the order which they occured, we were not allowed to record this event and I had not brought a paper and pen, so am relating them to you in the order I remember them and not in the order they occured.
It was mentioned in a blog last night she was told to find her own way. One of our veterans (President of the Navtive American Veterans in our area) who was guarding one of the gates came to the other side of the circle to hand her a tobacco tie, keep in mind she claimed to have grown up in the "Seneca Traditions" she attempted to take it with her right hand. He corrected her and told her to use her left hand. He then told her to find her own way. During the meeting she untied it to see what was inside, this
She became quite irate and actually yelled at the people gathered that her name was NOT RACHEL! she was Suraj. This WHITE Ego RACHEL Woman had to be repeatedly counselled by Samantha Elliot who also used a psuedonym of Timoreye and did not intorduce herself by her given name.
The "moderator" she brought with her to maintain order was Re. Mary Gayorski one of the people presented in Weymouth as being an Iroquois from the Algonquin Medicine Society. One of the Natives in the audience corrected her respectfully by saying the Iroquois whom they know will either tell you which of the nations of the Iorquois Confederacy they are from or else call themself in the traditional "Haudonausonee".
None of the Native people spoke of pain or hurt, but rather that she should not charge for healing, this is not our way. A young woman known to most stood and spoke of her own struggle to live being healed in the traditional way, that this woman would not want the burden palced on her that our traditional healers must bear, that she was not ready for this, that they spend years learning and then do not charge for their gift.
I do not understand how she could be sorry for what we told her, unless she is sorry for HER abuse of our ways, but this is not the impression I got from her. We related who we are, what is our individual heritage, many spoke in Ojibwe as that is the Native tongue of this area, and then translated for those who do not understand the language. All gave her their real name, yet we were told her name is Suraj, I could not help but wonder why she did not ask us to call her by one of her other names she has used over the years, MaAnand Suraj, or her WHITE name, since she wanted a pseudonym to be used.
I wonder what the people are paying to see if she is not wearing her "outfit" as she called it, or playing her drum. They will not see what is on her video that I personally think should no longer be sold since it shows her wearing the eagle feathers illeaglely.
for bls, I think the times being related are due to the time changes recognized across the land, the general audience started around 7:00 and ran until after 10:00 (much to the chargrin of the moderator who tried desperately to rush us out, but being who we are we would not be rushed. It had to happen in the creator's time not hers.
I will report all that I can tonight after we get home, the protest is still going to happen tonight. We want to make certain that she stands behind her word, because we all question her integrity on that. I was taught not to lie as a child, because your story will change and that is how you will be caught, well we have seen her story change already, and yes grandma I remember "Once a liar always a liar".
The drum is the same drum with the ashes in it and the warrior's blood on it.
For her letters, I notice several seem to say these people were asked for a letter, they appear to be response letters.
Look at the one from Ed in North Carolina, it is an OBVIOUS call from her for help; after all it is VERY specific about Troy, Mi.
If she is real why does she deny her real name of Rachel, this is the name she grew up with, is she now a different person than the one who supposedly ran in the woods learning her Seneca traditions? I cannot help but wonder how with the events of last night, being an actual witness to her "whirlwind hysteria of half truths, complete fabrications and character assassination" would be perceived by her host, although like some at the meeting, even one of her supporters who looked at her in OBVIOUS anger when she announced she would wear her "outfit".
"As we grow we are tested in our willingness to be vulnerable and open vs. defensive and right." This sounds to me as though they are vulnerable because they know she is wrong for using a culture for profit. They are willing to be open and vulnerable and not defend what is right. They have no courage, no strength of spirit.
These people most certainly do not know us, but are using the words she placed in their minds, as I mentioned none of us claimed any fear or pain and the only anger was ather abuse of our culture.
I would also like to note to all who read this, she found herself basically unable to "buffalo" using the Australian crawl when one of our Native Pueblo members revealed she to had been to Australia. Rachel found herself swimming in her own half truths, and dropped the subject.
Well I must get ready for today's events. I will let you know tonight what occurs.
