The Sarasota Herald Tribune and Warm Mineral Springs.
The Sarasota Herald Tribune keeps putting Fake/non Native Americans in there newspaper. We have asked the Sarasota Herald Tribune to stop promoting these individuals. These fake/non Native American Exploiters are NOT an actual Native American. They are not a member of a Federally Recognized Tribe, the ONLY tribes its members can legally claim they are Native American. We gave asked the Sarasota Herald Tribune to simply ask to see there Tribal Membership card write down there name, Tribal number and do two things. Make sure the Tribe they claim membership in is a Federally Recognized Tribe only about 560 exist but there are well over 30,000 fake/state Tribes and call the Tribe and make sure they are a tribal member. We ask the Sarasota Herald Tribune to simply check the FACTS about the people and there claims before you put them in your newspaper. Just because someone dresses up and claims they are Native American does not make this true!
Warm Mineral Springs has allowed an Exploiter of The Native American Ceremonies to perform her made up Ceremony at there park. Most recently at there Cultural celebration allowed this exploiter to perform as a Native American. We have informed Warm Mineral Springs this individual is NOT a Native American! Yet they still give a voice and platform to this individual, PLEASE STOP. Warm Mineral Springs does charge an admission fee to enter there park. If people are paying there hard earned money to see a Native American it should be an actual Native American!! Not someone that is only Native American when they can make money and be in the spot light for a little while.
*** Federally Recognized Tribes are the tribes formed when the US Gov’t made the first census of existing Native Americans after the Indian Wars ended. They require all members show a Direct BLOOD Line to someone that was placed on the original roles to be a member. The fake/state tribes only require that you pay there membership dues to be a member, they are UN-recognized!