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==Biography==

==Biography==

Talbot was born into a family of entrepreneurs with him as well his ancestors all being listed as „white“ in past census records dating back into the 1840ies.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610  </ref> He did a course of studies at Cornell University and became a playwright under the names of „Story Talbot“ and „F. Story Talbot“ and further claims to have been an actor and theatre director, too.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610</ref> <ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610</ref> He is also apostrophied as a founder, co-founder, resp. early member of the Rainbow Gatherings.  

Talbot was born into a family of entrepreneurs with him as well his ancestors all being listed as „white“ in past census records dating back into the 1840ies.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610  </ref> He did a course of studies at Cornell University and became a playwright under the names of „Story Talbot“ and „F. Story Talbot“ and further claims to have been an actor and theatre director, too.<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610</ref> <ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610</ref> He is also apostrophied as a founder, co-founder, resp. early member of the Rainbow Gatherings.  

===Claims of being Indigenous===

===Claims of being Indigenous===

Most biographical information available online apparently copies Talbot's various claims of being a member of the Wampanoag of Massachusetts. Later on, affiliation claims changed to the Mashpee Wampanoag, then Gay Head Wampanoag, both federally recognised since the 1970ies<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee_Wampanoag_Tribe</ref> and as of 1987 respectively.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_Tribe_of_Gay_Head </ref> Finally, Talbot now claims to be an enrolled member of the Assonet Band of Wampanoag<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg5169#msg5169 </ref> who received recognition by the state of Massachusetts as recent as 1990 and who are not federally recognised.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_people#Assonet_Band_of_the_Wampanoag_Nation </ref> Several websites and also books contend that Talbot was ''"the powwah, or spiritual leader, and the minatou, or keeper of the lore"'' of the Assonet Band, a claim which has particularly been brought forward in two books by Newage author Steve McFadden.<ref>Profiles in Wisdom: Steve McFadden: Native Elders Speak About the Earth, 1991, 2001 Lincoln NE (originally published by Bear and Co.) and Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, 1989, 2001, 2005 Lincoln NE (portions originally published in 1992 by Bear & Co. Of Santa Fe NM under the title „Ancient Voices, Current Affairs: The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors“)</ref>  

Most biographical information available online apparently copies Talbot's various claims of being a member of the Wampanoag of Massachusetts. Later on, affiliation claims changed to the Mashpee Wampanoag, then Gay Head Wampanoag, both federally recognised since the 1970ies<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee_Wampanoag_Tribe</ref> and as of 1987 respectively.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_Tribe_of_Gay_Head </ref> Finally, Talbot now claims to be an enrolled member of the Assonet Band of Wampanoag<ref>http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg5169#msg5169 </ref> who received recognition by the state of Massachusetts as recent as 1990 and who are not federally recognised.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_people#Assonet_Band_of_the_Wampanoag_Nation </ref> Several websites and also books contend that Talbot was ''"the powwah, or spiritual leader, and the minatou, or keeper of the lore"'' of the Assonet Band, a claim which has particularly been brought forward in two books by Newage author Steve McFadden.<ref>Profiles in Wisdom: Steve McFadden: Native Elders Speak About the Earth, 1991, 2001 Lincoln NE (originally published by Bear and Co.) and Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, 1989, 2001, 2005 Lincoln NE (portions originally published in 1992 by Bear & Co. Of Santa Fe NM under the title „Ancient Voices, Current Affairs: The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors“)</ref>