Indians to the Paleface: No One Should Practice Fake Spritualism But Us

James Ray, the self-help guru with a cult following of moonbats who believe in everything from chakra to pyramid power, is being sued by the Lakota Indian Nation for stealing the Red Man’s spiritual rituals. Ray had baked three of his moonbat followers to death in a poorly made sweat lodge and injured dozens others. The Lakota Indians are suing the US Government for allowing James Ray to use their rituals because, according to them, no one else should practice fake Indian spiritualism except for themselves.

From Sedona.Biz here:

In the aftermath of the tragedy at Angel Valley Retreat Center, where an incompetently conducted “sweat lodge” held by Californian self-help guru James Arthur Ray killed three participants, political steps are being taken by several native people across the United States. The Lakota tribe of North and South Dakota has filed a lawsuit against the United States, the state of Arizona, James Arthur Ray and the Angel Valley Retreat Center.

Ray had conducted a five-day “Spiritual Warrior” seminar at Angel Valley on the first weekend of October, during which his more than sixty participants had been fasting and wandering in the desert. He then assembled them in an incompetently constructed “sweat lodge” that, according to eye witnesses, was turned into a two-hour endurance competition and left three people dead and nineteen injured.

The Lakota Nation considers its sweat lodge ceremony, the Oinikaga, one of the seven sacred rites of the Lakota.

The lawsuit refers to the Treaty of Fort Laramie between the United States and the Lakota Nation from 1868, which states that “if bad men among the whites or other people subject to the authority of the United States shall commit any wrong upon the person or the property of the Indians, the United States will (…) proceed at once to cause the offender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States, and also reimburse the injured person for the loss sustained.”

The plaintiffs hold that James Arthur Ray and the Angel Valley Retreat Center have “violated the peace between the United States and the Lakota Nation” and have caused the “desecration of our Sacred Oinikiga by causing the death of Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown and James Shore”. The lawsuit further holds that James Arthur Ray and the Angel Valley Retreat Center have committed fraud by impersonating Indians and must be held responsible for causing the deaths of the victims and injuries of the survivors, and for the destruction of evidence through the dismantling of the sweat lodge.

Why don’t they sue him for painting a stupid Yin-Yang symbol on the side of a teepee? That offends me and I’m not even an Indian. I think James Ray can settle this lawsuit for a case of fire water and some sparkly beads.