Francis Talbot
Francis Talbot, full name Francis Story Talbot II, a.k.a. Manitonquat resp. Medicine Story (born July 17, 1929), has been operating as a plastic shaman since the 1970ies. Despite having a completely Euro-American ancestry, Talbot claims to be a member and even a medicine person, resp. "ceremonial medicine man" of the Wampanoag nation. His clientele are mainly affluent white middle-class Euro-Americans and Europeans with whom he previously also meant to initiate a new „tribe“ on his premises in New England.
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.[1] 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.[2] [3] He is also apostrophied as a founder, co-founder, resp. early member of the Rainbow Gatherings.
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[4] and as of 1987 respectively.[5] Finally, Talbot now claims to be an enrolled member of the Assonet Band of Wampanoag[6] who received recognition by the state of Massachusetts as recent as 1990 and who are not federally recognised.[7] 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.[8]
Facts notwithstanding, Talbot continues to claim an indigenous state and e.g. in his 2015 schedule announces his participation in an alleged "Annual Sequanakeeswash in Assonet MA"[9] which gets described as the beginning of the new year in Wampanoag culture.[10] It is therefore to be noticed that a Google search for this term yields a mere five results, all of whom are in connection to Talbot, with most of them on sites run by him.
Talbot also claims to have been „part of the North American Indian Spiritual Unity Movement“[11] and a co-founder of a Tribal-Healing Council. However, Google results for both organisations mainly yield websites copying Talbot's biographical information, so their existence in former years up until today cannot be verified independently.
Akwesasne Notes
Further claims include Talbot used to be the editor, resp. the editor responsible for poetry and politics, resp. the columnist, resp. a „writer and poet“ for the internationally well-known journal Akwesasne Notes. However, the information available on the journal does not verify such claims. The journal was founded by Kaientaronkwen Ernie Benedict in 1968, with its first editor a non-indigenous Canadian, Jerry Gambill, who received the Mohawk name of Rarihokwats. Akwesasne Notes covered many indigenous issues not restricted to the Americas, but also of Australia, Tibet, and China.[12] The editors following Gambill were all from the Iroqois Nation: Professor John Mohawk, Peter Blue Cloud, Doug George-Kanentiio[13], and finally from 1992-1998 Darren Bonaparte and Salli Benedict.[14] It seems highly probable that Talbot upholds this claim in order to exploit the reputation this publication built up particularly in Europe, while at the same time using its reputation to provide himself with an air of authenticity.
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References
- ↑ http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610
- ↑ http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610
- ↑ http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg34610#msg34610
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee_Wampanoag_Tribe
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_Tribe_of_Gay_Head
- ↑ http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=888.msg5169#msg5169
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampanoag_people#Assonet_Band_of_the_Wampanoag_Nation
- ↑ 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“)
- ↑ http://www.circleway.org/schedule.html
- ↑ see e.g. http://webspacero.bplaced.net/Thema/spiritual/Manitonquat%20%96%20What%20is%20a%20tribe_3.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ic.org/wiki/manitonquat/
- ↑ http://www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-clio.com/contentpages/ContentPage.aspx?entryId=1171842¤tSection=1161468&productid=5
- ↑ Bruce Elliott Johansen: Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement, Santa Barbara 2013, p. 9ff
- ↑ Bruce Elliott Johansen: Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement, Santa Barbara 2013, p. 11