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An Inquiry:
His
record was not expunged. You can review the Montana
Supreme Court case that reviewed & rejected his appeal of the
District Court conviction. By reviewing the case, it is obvious that he
was not growing
medicinal plants which caused his guilty judgement.
His felony conviction was because he defrauded some people that he was teaching to grow Rieshi Mushrooms. He was supposed to pay the group of people from Libby, Montana for wild mushrooms. He claims that he never received them. He was supposed to deliver mushroom spore logs on a specific date. He didn't show up and initially claimed that he had been in an automobile accident - there was no accident. Landis told John Kunz he had "staged the truck wreck and that there never was a truck wreck. (perspective, p. 8)
Landis holds no undergraduate
degree, yet he testified at trial that he is a "naturopathic doctor in
the state of Idaho." (Tr. at 517.) Landis admitted on cross-examination
that he is not licensed in the state of Idaho, or anywhere. He testified
that his "doctoral" degree was obtained via a correspondence course over
the course of "about a year" from the Herbal Healer Academy, out of
Mount View, Arkansas.
At trial, Landis stipulated that he had not been in an automobile
accident. However, he testified that he had never told anyone he had been
in an automobile accident. (perspective,
p 9)
The evidence adduced at trial established that Landis made numerous false statements in the promotion of his business. In fact, James Myers testified in the State's case-in-chief that, as it turned out when the facts were known, Landis's false statements began at the first promotional meeting in Libby in October 1997. (Tr. at 418.) According to Myers' testimony, Landis claimed that his training, offered at a cost of $3600, would include two video seminars, and two hands-on seminars. Id. From the first promotional meeting, Landis promised the training fee included "having a representative of the company in your back pocket forever." Id. These were false statements made for the purpose of promoting Landis's mushroom marketing scheme. (perspective, p 23)
When asked about their courses they respond:
We do still offer our courses but they are now just for Fun/Basic Knowledge. You cannot use it to get a ND. If you are still interested you can find these by typing in "Course" into our search bar on our website and they should all pop up for you. If you have any questions please let me know. Have a great day!
Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workplace Development 2017 report:
University of Nemenhah
Stockton, Missouri
This institution was granted exemption as “a non-profit school, owned,
controlled, and operated
by a bona fide religious or denominational organization that offers no
programs or degrees and
grants no degrees or certificates other than those specifically designated
as religious degrees or
programs.” The school offers degrees from the associate through doctoral
levels in Nemenhah
Ministerial Studies. This school is not accredited.
Pictures from Midwest General Council of the Nemenhah November 2007
Associated Press article May 22, 2009
Phillip Cloudpiler Landis - Facebook page
https://quackwatch.org/cases/crim/landis/montana_appeal/
https://www.facebook.com/phillipcloudpiler.landis/
https://alchetron.com/Nemenhah-Indigenous-Traditional-Organization
Public Notice of Distrust against Phillip "Cloudpilar" Landis
https://web.archive.org/web/20220628142400/https://www.apathwaytohealing.com/
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1898.20;wap2
galigo May 15, 2009 4:55 pm
My mother died because she followed his healing advice instead of
receiving medical treatment.
Here is a copy of an email I sent the chief. cloudpiler@nemenhah.org
Phil Landis (AKA Cloudpiler),
Thanks to all the publicity you’re receiving from this Daniel Hauser case,
I finally caught up to you. I’m sure you’ve wanted to know how things
ended up with my mother, Richelle, your neighbor at Parks Place, Hideaway
Valley, UT.
If your memory needs refreshed, she had uterine cancer, which is 75% to
95% survivable with appropriate (medical) treatment.
However, you advised her to use your alternative healing methods, which
she did.
As you were aware, she became sicker and sicker, as she continued to do
what you advised her to do. When I came to visit her, you would disappear.
When she became so sick that she needed 24 hour care, my wife and I
brought her to our home in Idaho. Here, we cared for her and loved her
until she died.
Then, I saw your mugshot on the local TV news, convicted of fraud.
Now, I see you’re using religion to cover your multi-level marketing scam
to distribute the same healing methods that lead to my mother’s death.
To top it off, I understand you claim to have discovered and translated
some ancient plates which prove you’re the chief of some lost tribe of
Native Americans!
Do you have any idea how ridiculous that is? Sadly, there are people who
innocently fall for your deceit. Like my mom did.
I wonder how many other people have died because of what you do.
Does it bother you?
Here’s something you should know: My wife and my dad both had cancer at
the same time as my mother. Weird, huh. The thing is, my wife and my dad
are still here. Cured by surgery. Perfectly healthy now.
I miss my mom, and every time I think of her slow, painful, rotting,
stinking death my heart breaks all over again.
You are not only a fraud, chief, you’re a killer.
I’m going to post a copy of this letter to the blogs that come up on the
first search page when your name is googled.
This is similar to what happened to a First nations woman on Haida Gwaii
whom became involved with Erick Gonzalez.
She was convinced as others were by Gonzalez to take amanita mushroom as a
medicine and peyote. She was looking for healing. She became devoted
to his way , gifting him and following his instructions. He had women like
her gather , dry and stock pile amanita for him. He called it " working
with the medicines" part of his training to prepare you to be a medicine
carrier.
She even accessed funding for him from her local funders. After 4 years or
more she became very ill and reached out to an Haida elder for Haida
medicine but the elder said it was too late she was already taking Erick's
medicines.
When she was dying ,a woman by her bedside reported that the woman dying
announced :
Stop the prayers, stop the fires and stop the medicines
She is referring to the 9 fires training where Erick has his female
participants taking these powerful and some highly toxic plants as part of
his training.
This woman had stomach issues in her sickness, she was seeking
healing. Why would someone who calls themselves a healer administer a
poisonous mushroom to heal internal disease?
When she died she rapidly turned black. This is cyanosis, poisoning.
Her family believes she would have lived longer if she did not get
involved with Erick Gonzalez. Other women have suffered too from his ways.
People should know!!!!!!!!!!