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NAFPS
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New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans (or NAFPS) is a group of Native American activists and their supporters, dedicated to fighting cultural appropriation, and other abuses and misrepresentations of American Indian religions and cultures.
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History
Begun in 2001, NAFPS has provided a forum for those concerned about fraud, deceit, money hunger, sexual abuse, racism, control, hunger for power and ego, and what they say are the cult-like tendencies of the New Age movement and "pseudo shamans." They investigate and seek to warn the public about impostors and exploiters posing as Native medicine people or elders. They believe there are more than two hundred impostors currently posing as Cherokee medicine people alone. Taking account of all five hundred Native nations in the US, this indicates the massive scope of the issue. They report that there have been eight unsuccessful attempts to shut them down, threats of lawsuits, stalkers, identity thieves, libel campaigns, and even death threats.[citation needed]
Statement of Purpose
The following statement is taken from NAFPS website and illustrates their intent and purpose:
| “ | What NAFPS Is and Is Not
We are not a "hate" group, any more than a rape crisis center promotes "hate" of men. This is one of the more ridiculous knee-jerk claims thrown at us. Many Nuage frauds are themselves blatantly racist in their contempt for Native people, beliefs, and wishes on these issues. If anything we are an ANTI-hate group, a HateWatch group specializing in monitoring and warning the public about a special brand of racist, the Nuage fraud or pseudo-shaman leader. We are not especially concerned about anyone's blood quantum, enrollment status, or family history. The only time we would care was if someone had lied in order to "pass" or appear "more Indian" to justify their misbehavior. We accept all kinds of people: Native, white, black, Latino, Maori, traditionalist, Christian, pagan, atheist, Muslim, etc. We have members from an amazing variety of tribal backgrounds, Anishinaabe, Apache, Cherokee, Choctaw, Lakota, Lenni Lenape, Menominee, Munsee, Navajo, O'odham, and many others. We gladly accept help from all good people of conscience, because without them we can't stop these frauds. And without them, we wouldn't have had nearly as much success against frauds as we have.[1] |
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See also
References
External links
- NAFPS homepage
- NAFPS Forum
- American Indian Cultural Support
- Indian Wannabes
- New Age (and Other) Ripoff Sites
- Our Red Earth
- Plastic Shamans and Astroturf Sun Dances: New Age Commercialization of Native American Spirituality
- Playing Indian
- Racism, Stereotyping, Discrimination, Offensive Behavior
- Spiritual Commodification
- Spiritual Genocide
- Wall of Shame
- Nativi Americani.it
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