He's drawn some attention before at another forum. He's made some fake permits to have eagle feathers, forging the signature of a member of Lakota official.
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http://forum.americanindiantribe.com/viewtopic.php?t=532&sid=93d20fd21d36026d627fd9eb024d7b22One who knows:
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: a little insight in to "Little Soldier"
For those who have questions about this man I suggest a little resource to start reading about him go to..
http://64.62.196.98/adc/adc.html Bureau of Indian Affairs Federal Acknowledgement Decision Compilation
about half way down you will find Munsee-Thames River Delaware the 14 page document explains it all. You may have to download the free tiff reader at the top of the page to view the documents if it already isn't on your computer.
One who knows:
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:26 pm Post subject: forgot some things
His name is not William Lee Little Soldier but indeed born Clyde Richard Bungard in Ohio by non-native parents. This is on record.
James RunningTurtle:
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject: who is this chief little soldier his hobbyist group in oh
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I know this fellow very well.
He is a enemy of the people of the Lemape' Nations.
He has nothing good to say about the Unami or us Munsee which he claims to be. He is the type that likes to put down others to try to make himself look good. He tells many lies and the sad thing is that he believes his own lies.He even has his own family believing these lies.
The Warrior Society of the Munsee-Delaware Nation USA and please dont get us confused with his cult (Munsee-Delaware Indian Nation USA) has done and investagation into him a few years ago and we have found out many things about him,,He shows a fake eagle feather permit (EF3) check them numbers out,,you will findout that that is fake..Check the water marks on the paper that he shows,its really easy to do,just hold it up to a light. you will find that all his papers water marks are from 1975-76.
I'm on the peoples side and I have no reason to lie as he does
One who knows:
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:49 am Post subject:
Page 7 of the document I posted a link to in post #2. Long but worth the read.
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Efforts to verify the historical continuity of the MTD as required by 25 CFR 54 were without results. No evidence of the group nor of any antecedent groups could be found until 1974. At that time, in the Spring of 1974, a news item appeared in the Pueblo Chieftain newspaper relating to the arrest of a non-Indian female friend of Bungard. This incident and the series of incidents which followed show how Bungard's concept of tribal chief was developed, how the idea of the MTD originated, and show how Bungard, who referred to himself as William Lee Little Soldier, managed to establish a relationship with one agency of the Federal government.
Bungard's friend was arrested by an officer of the Colorado State Division of Wildlife for the illegal possession of 50 eagle feathers. Newspaper accounts of the incident report that Little Soldier had "recently moved to Pueblo."
In defense of the woman, Bungard told authorities that he was the owner of the feathers; that one of them had been owned by the "Thames Delaware" tribe for 90 years; and that neither he nor his friend were aware of the eagle feather law. He maintained, however, that as a Delaware Indian he had a right to possess the, feathers. Despite testimony by Bungard that the feathers belonged to him and that as a Delaware chief he was entitled to possess them, on November 12, 1974, the woman was convicted of illegally possessing eagle feathers. The verdict was appealed. During the early stages of the incident (in June) Bungard made no known claim to being a chief. His claim that he was a Delaware chief was later added to his account as the trial progressed, probably in November.
During the period between the original verdict and the hearing of the appeal, Bungard worked to perfect his Indian story, developing two typewritten forms, one entitled "Request to Receive Eagle Feathers For Use In Religious Ceremony" and a second entitled, "Certification of the Tribal Status of Applicant," both of which were forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
Bungard or an associate apparently filled out the first form. The second stated in part that William Lee Little Soldier "according to Bureau files is a Thames Delaware chief and priest . . . Canadian Bureau files list him as a hereditary tribel (sic) Chief and a member of the Snake Clan and Eagle Nob Religious Society". The certification carried the signature of Shirley Plume, then Superintendent at the Standing Rock Agency. The "Request to Receive . . . " was dated May 10, 1974, and the certification was dated May 20, 1974. Plume's signature, however, was apparently forged. She swore in an affidavit three years later that she did not provide, or sign a certificate for William Lee Little Soldier; that his name was not on the Standing Rock Sioux roll; that her agency held no membership records of the Delaware tribe; and that neither she nor her staff was acquainted with or ever had any dealings with Bungard or Little Soldier. There is no indication as to where or how Bungard got Ms. Plume's name. Ms. Plume, however, received nationwide publicity on her appointment as the. first Indian woman superintendent, and she believes that Bungard may have gotten her name from one of these articles.
Notwithstanding the fact that the "Request to Receive" and the certificates were typed on plain bond paper, without Bureau or Departmental letterhead, and did not remotely resemble official forms, the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife issued a permit to allow "Chief William L. Little Soldier of the Munsee-Thames River Delaware Nation to possess and transport eagle feathers where necessary to conduct and participate in religious ceremonies." The permit was effective on March 26, 1975, two days before the court proceedings were closed. To replace Bungard's 50 confiscated feathers, the Wildlife Service sent ten eagle wings. Newspaper accounts reported, however, that Bungard was dissatisfied however, because the eagle wings were received in a "decaying, smelly condition."
It appears the term, "Munsee-Thames River Delaware Indian Nation,' was first used in the correspondence with the Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Service regarding the eagle feather permit. Prior to this time, Bungard had referred to his organization as the Thames Delaware or simply the Delaware Tribe. Notwithstanding the development of a more formal title, there is no evidence that Bungard had any following at this time.
Up to this point, there is no evidence that Bungard was part of an Indian community or that he was a leader of such a community. He subsequently began to make efforts to gain a following over which he could exercise influence.
54.7(b) of 25 CFR requires that the group live in a community viewed as American Indian and distinct from other populations in the area. Section 54.7(c) requires that the petitioner maintain a tribal political influence over its members as an autonomous entity throughout history until the present.
During the balance of 1975 and into 1976, he visited Oklahoma and Ohio on several occasions, apparently in an effort to develop background for his Indian tribe/Indian heritage/Indian Chief story which he found was effective with authorities in areas with little or no Indian population, and also attracted media attention. He visited several prominent Delaware Indians in Oklahoma and spent an indeterminate amount of time doing research in the local history room of the Bartlesville Library which houses a voluminous collection of Delaware information. Bungard appears to have spent a great deal of time and effort to locate the name of anyone on old Delaware rolls who had died without children. Bungard, fully bedecked in Indian regalia, also made the powwow circuit during this period, much to the consternation of many Delaware people, and to the amusement of others. He clearly was not accepted as an Indian.
Bungard also made some efforts to establish a political following during this period. While in Oklahoma, he told several older Delaware people that he wanted to be chairman of the entire Delaware nation and circulated a petition for the removal of the chairmen of the recognized Delaware tribes. There is no indication that any enrolled member signed the petition.
Although Bungard told several Delaware people that he was the leader of a group of Delaware Indians in Colorado, there is no evidence that he had a following during this period. He later told informants in Ohio that he had been adopted by an old Indian chief in Colorado who died, and that he had inherited the chieftainship. On one visit to Oklahoma in early 1976, he was accompanied by two friends, a married couple, described by the Oklahoma Delawares as non-Indian.
