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Reagan first posed as a Cherokee and claimed to teach secret Cherokee rituals; in reality, red-haired Reagan is a US-American of Irish descent. After the Cherokee nation clarified Reagan was no Cherokee and that his 'teachings' had nothing to do at all with Cherokee spirituality, he adjusted his legend. Since then, he claims a descent from Cherokee and Maya; his 'teachings' then became an alleged conglomerate of spiritual traditions of several peoples, especially of Maya, Olmec, and Toltecs. Furthermore, Reagan presumably meant to realign to other, already established New-Age vendors and perhaps become attractive to their respective clientele, too, since Reagan took up the terms 'tonal' and 'nagual' launched by Carlos Castaneda, and also claimed to have studied with an alleged Navaho 'shaman' who he says is identical with the Don Gennaro character in Castaneda's books.<ref>http://www.sw-lodge.de/pages/Twisted%20Hairs.htm </ref>
Reagan first posed as a Cherokee and claimed to teach secret Cherokee rituals; in reality, red-haired Reagan is a US-American of Irish descent. After the Cherokee nation clarified Reagan was no Cherokee and that his 'teachings' had nothing to do at all with Cherokee spirituality, he adjusted his legend. Since then, he claims a descent from Cherokee and Maya; his 'teachings' then became an alleged conglomerate of spiritual traditions of several peoples, especially of Maya, Olmec, and Toltecs. Furthermore, Reagan presumably meant to realign to other, already established New-Age vendors and perhaps become attractive to their respective clientele, too, since Reagan took up the terms 'tonal' and 'nagual' launched by Carlos Castaneda, and also claimed to have studied with an alleged Navaho 'shaman' who he says is identical with the Don Gennaro character in Castaneda's books.<ref>http://www.sw-lodge.de/pages/Twisted%20Hairs.htm </ref>
===Legend exposed===
Reagan claimed a Navaho medicine person, Tom Wilson, as his teacher and even linked Wilson to the Newage novels written by Carlos Castaneda by contending Wilson was in fact the person Castaneda mentioned as "Don Genaro" in his books. Apparently, a researcher interested in checking the claims put forward by Reagan established that although an existing person, Wilson never was Reagan's teacher and hardly could have been: Wilson spoke no English, and Reagan spoke no Navaho. The researcher interviewed surviving children and grandchildren of Tom Wilson who strongly and unanimously rejected Reagan's claims and the family feels shamed and humiliated by Reagan's allegations.<ref>http://sustainedreaction.yuku.com/topic/6850/Harley-SwiftDeer-Reagans-theft-spiritual-lineage-Navajo#.VkyJJJd39C0 </ref>
==Curriculum vitae of Harley Reagan==
==Curriculum vitae of Harley Reagan==