[Wallace T.]

There are a considerable number of people who are opposed to the standard methods of treating cancer, such as surgery, chemotherapy, etc. The opponents to mainstream treatment come from a variety of backgrounds and worldviews: they range from atheists/agnostics to New Age/pagan to very conservative Mormons, Protestants, and Catholics. This Nemenhah group has nothing to do with any of the actual Indian nations. Glancing at its Web site, it appears to be engaging in alternative medicine wrapped in "sacred mother earth" rhetoric that reminds me of 1980s-1990s movies and PBS documentaries about Indians.

American society is not particularly tolerant of groups who choose isolation from mainstream society. Perhaps this was always the case: why were the Mormons forced to flee to Utah over 150 years ago? It is a peculiar development as several of the 13 original colonies were founded as havens for dissenters from England's religious disputes: Plymouth, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

[muawiyah]

They are affiliated with a reservation group. Start your search for these groups by looking for “peyote” ~ quite enlightening.