Loissa, the very fact that he had you do this for him, rather than come here himself, that's a common tactic of frauds. They tend to want to appear "too spiritual" for politics, which to them (but not actual Native elders) is a dirty word.
Talbot does his best to avoid answering any questions. Along the way, he is sounding very paranoid when claims a Vast Conspiracy against him involving people that none of us have ever heard of.
"Like all hate mail, the attacks are anonymous, no evidenced is presented, no accusers identified."
That's amazing, four lies in one sentence. We've always been very open about who we are and we presented evidence *from the words of Talbot's own followers*. We don't "hate" him, we present evidence he's a fraud and a liar.
"I would like to know how you became aware of it. Our people would like to trace it and refute it."
Simple. The sources are *your own followers* as well as every Native activist I've ever encountered who knew who you were.
So if we hear of you trying to track down and punish the followers of yours who admitted the truth, it will just show you to be using cultlike tactics.
"Here's some history: when an organization here in the northeast connected to AIM did confront me 25 years ago,"
Talbot is doing exactly what he accuses others of. He's not giving any names, just accusing anonymous people without evidence.
"I demanded they bring their charges to a council of our leaders. It was oneof the largest meetings ever held at the Mashpee tribal council."
What? Talbot is now claiming to be Mashpee? Before, it was simply Wampanoag, then it changed to the Gay Head Band, then Assonet.
"I showed documents from the source they named which completely refuted their charges."
Again, Talbot is doing exactly what he accuses others of. No naming of sources, so no one can check.
"Though they lost, some of those in that organization said they would keep after me. Only one of them, the vice president, Big Toe, a Narragansett elder, took up my challenge and investigated. He came for a weekend and learned all we do and then resigned from that organization saying they had lied to him. He was even thinking of joining us and is still a good friend."
This guy?
http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/wolfsong.html"BIG TOE (Narragansett/Delaware):
Big Toe states that the crystal skulls were made by a society that lived in harmony, that lived very close to natural universal laws. The people who made the crystal skulls understood lasers and higher technology much better than we do today as we use our own advanced technology for destructive purposes. We can't even imagine the level of which this society had attained. They received their knowledge of the cosmic laws from the Stars, because that is where we all originate from and who was responsible for constructing the crystal skulls as a reminder of our cosmic connection."
Not the most credible guy. Whether he actually is an elder or not, his judgement is at least sometimes not very good. He works not only with frauds who endorsed a fraudulent crystal skull, he also did a CD with another fraud.
http://www.bmastudios.com/id19.html"A meditational CD with the words and wisdom of Narragansett Elder Big Toe and featuring Kam Night Chase"
"I believe the remaining leaders of that organization, members of AIM, kept the attacks alive and I was put
on an AIM black list (together with some other good people like Black Elk and Sun Bear, and probably some
true phonies as well, but I wouldn't waste my time with that)."
Like Deb pointed out, Laduke was as phony as three dollar bill, and Wallace Black Elk had become an exploiter.
"The sister of the leader of that organization kept his hatred alive after he died and it affected a young man of my own band who visited their band. Without confronting me he told other young men in Mashpee who now think badly of me without knowing me at all or what I do."
Once more, Talbot is making anonymous accusations so they can't be checked.
Loissa, why not ask him to have the courage to back up what he says, so we can check if they are lies or not?
And once again, none of these are any of the same sources we've been using.
"Some even began to insinuate that I might not beWampanoag, even though, unknown to them, a genealogyhad been done in my band that proved my heritage"
So how does he explain his own followers admitting he's a white imposter?
"even though I was the official medicine man of the Assonet Band"
Yes, yet one more of his ever changing claims of who he was. So far he's claimed to be:
Mashpee
Wampanoag (generic, no band claimed)
Gay Head Band
And now Assonet Band
"The older people who were there 30 years ago when I was helping to re-establish our spiritual ways in
Mashpee and then rebuild our Assonet Band, those still alive, know me and remember. Too many are gone now, and most of the new youth do not know me and a few, I fear, are swayed by things they have heard."
Very convenient, claiming people who know "the truth" are gone. Peters has passed away.
"One statement was that I use the prison circles to get funds. That is truly funny. I wish I knew how to get funding, but the fact is we have none except my own support paid out of the legitimate work I do."
Iron Lodge has been trying for years to get the state to quit paying Talbot money for his prison ministry, and have a long list of complaints of the damage he's done to inmates.
"Where is all this money I am supposed to be bilking the people out of?"
Let's see...Talbot makes regular trips to Europe and is trying to start his "own tribe".
"It would be easy for anyone to contact the Director of the Commission on Indian Affairs in Boston, who is
Slow Turtle's son. He could tell them the truth about me and about our Wampanoag people."
No one should be fooled by the official sounding name.
http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/Ind_Affairs/default.htm"The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs (MCIA) was created by the legislature in 1974...The fundamental role of MCIA is to assist Native American individuals, tribes and organizations in their relationship with state and local government agencies."
State recognition of tribes or individuals, as we've noted many times, is useless, or even dangerous. It's often used to make groups or individuals appear legit when they aren't.
"It bothers me that this website offers two negative reviews of my books and none of the many
positive ones."
Why would we? The positive ones came from white Nuagers.
So Talbot is monitoring this website? Nice of him to admit that. Again, why is he afraid to come here? Why send a white European Nuage follower of his instead?
"I have glowing statements about my books from Supreme Sachem Drifting Goose, Wampanoag scholar Dr. Helen Attaquin, and my chief, Windsong Blake."
Once more, claiming endorsements from the deceased. Attaquin has passed on.
"After the first attack 25 years ago, Chief Windsong gave me a supportive letter to show anyone who
questioned me. No one ever did to my face, and eventually after years of carrying it around with me I
lost the letter."
Pretty convenient.
Sorry, Loissa, but Talbot hasn't said anything but anonymous accusations and mostly claiming endorsements from people who are no longer alive.
He is also very conveniently leaving out one of the worse accusations against him. More than a few former female followers report he pressured or demanded they have sex with him in exchange for ceremony.
And no, for this charge we won't name names. It'd be immoral to demand we name victims of what comes pretty close to being sexual assault.
He also needs to explain his ties to a cult like ZEGG that abuses women and endorses rape.
