This guy has been a fraud for most of his adult life. I wonder what the actual tribe he is a member of is feeling about all this crap coming out?
But the real story is the Black Hebrew Israelites started the Hoo Haww
Phillips is a side show
Lots of AWOLs on his record.
>>I wonder what the actual tribe he is a member of is feeling about all this crap coming out? <<
They don’t seem to think a whole lot of him, but kind of feel sorry for him. He camped out in a teepee on the National Mall about 10 years ago. The WaPo did a story on him and a local Nebraska paper asked the tribe about him, this is what they said...
>Back in Nebraska, Omaha tribal Chairman Elmer Blackbird did not return calls seeking comment about Phillips’ vigil.
Privately, another tribal leader said Phillips is regarded back in Nebraska as a well-intentioned brother struggling to cope with a troubled childhood. The leader said the Omaha Tribe generally avoids the type of activism Phillips prefers.
“He’s just trying to find his way,” the leader said. “Let him find it.”<