There are some books on Newage people from the eighties or early nineties that show her past as a "channeler." Then she decided to be an NDN. Her alleged tribal affiliation has changed multiple times. She was claiming Seneca for a while, as sellout Twylah Nitsch "adopted" her, along with lots of other non-Natives, usually in exchange for considerable amounts of money. So now there are lots of non-Natives selling fake ceremonies who claim to be part of the "Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge" - a newage group formed by Nitsch. Though initially tolerated and even embraced by people there, Nitsch finally went too far, too many times, and despite being elderly (not an Elder, just older) was asked to leave the Seneca community. She used the money she got from selling out to buy a house in Florida, where she died a few years ago (or longer, I forget what year she died).
Despite Sams's changing backstory, the newage white women love her. It's very common for hippie enclaves to have a women's group that use her books as gospel. Her pan-NDN/Nuage "Medicine Cards" are to blame for much of the b.s. out there about "Animal Totems."
