Hello Readers:

This is Harold with yet another email response regarding Dhyani Ywahoo. This is in regards to her claims about being a Cherokee, the 27th lineage holder of the Ywahoo Lineage and the Chief of the Green Mountain Band of the Eastern Cherokee.

I contacted the federally recognized Eastern Band of the Cherokee in South Carolina. This is their offical reply about Dhyani Ywahoo. Remember that Dhyani claims that she is a Chief of a band of Eastern Cherokee.

RE: dhynai ywahoo

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:29 PM

From: "Hugh Lambert" hugh@nc-cherokee.com

To: charlenej@rogers.com

The Eastern Band of Cherokee is one of the only three recognized tribes
of Cherokee. We are members who still live on our ancestral land- where
we have lived for more than 12,000 years. A few things about groups and
people who claim to be "Cherokee".

There is money in things related to Indian culture.

People of Indian decent often suffer emotionally from the loss of a
culture they can no longer legitimately claim as their own.

There is no such thing as the "Ywahoo lineage". There was, however, a
famous wrester in the 1960s who also played football for the Miami
Dolphins who called himself "Chief Wahoo" McDaniel who claimed to be
Cherokee. The word "wahoo" is now associated with Cherokees because of
this, but few remember why. Most successful deceptions use enough truth
to be successful.

There is often money to be made in things related to Indian culture

Traditionally, there never were Cherokee people in Vermont (or anywhere
north of Ohio).

Nobody in any Cherokee community here or in Oklahoma I could find has
ever heard of this person.

There is money in things related to Indian culture (I repeat myself).

We cannot give you any history on this person because she is not known
to us (by that name anyway).

You say " She has been teaching in the greater Toronto, Ontario Canada
area for the last 18 months and has acquired a following here".... has
she started a cult?

Sadly, this "so called" Green Mountain Band of the Eastern Cherokee is
one of hundreds of false so called tribes that we and the other two
"real" Cherokee tribes fight against constantly. The western tribes
pursue these people more vigorously than we do- they actually employ
teams of lawyers to sue these folks in state and federal courts.

It's possible this person is of some Indian ancestry. Everything else is
likely not true.

Regards,

Hugh Lambert
Administrator
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

A quick review of some of the quotes of this email;

1) There is no such thing as the Ywahoo Lineage.

2) Nobody in any Cherokee comuunity here or in Oklahoma I could find has ever heard of this person.

3) Has she started a cult?

4) Sadly, this "so called" Green Mountain Band of the Eastern Cherokee is one of hundreds of false so
called tribes...

5) There is money in things related to indian culture ( repeated 3 times )

Well readers we now have the Eastern and Western Bands of the Cherokee Nation,the Abenaki Band of Vermont and the government of the State of Vermont answers about Dhyani Ywahoo.

No one will offically recognize Dhyani Ywahoo as a Cherokee. She does not hold a Jay Treaty Card from the United States Government showing that they recognize her as a native indian. They stated that she, the Ywahoo Lineage and the Green Mountain Band of the Eastern Cherokee are FAKE.

If Dhyani is a real Cherokee you would think that her own Cherokee people would admit that she is one of them?

What was Dhyani Ywahoo's reply to me about this email? SILENCE!!

More to follow

Harold