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| Traditional Tohono O'odham say don't fall for the scam of the 'Shadow Wolves.' It is a PR scam to co-opt Tohono O'odham into stalking and arresting Indigenous Peoples on the border. |
The Shadow Wolves -- The Scam News Industry in Indian Country: Regurgitate, Re-Write and Plagiarize
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 31, 2025
Don't be fooled by the 'Shadow Wolves,' scam say traditional Tohono O'odham. While Congress is attempting to advance their status, Tohono O'odham pointed out during one search, "They can't even find one O'odham lost in the desert."
The 'Shadow Wolves' is a PR scam that co-opts O'odham into working for the U.S. government to stalk and arrest Indigenous Peoples on the southern border.
Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham and founder of O'odham Voice Against the Wall, said this is not the O'odham way.
"I live on O'odham land and I am an O'odham, It is not a O'odham tradition to dehumanize people," Rivas told Censored News.
"Authorities with money regulate sub-authorities to appear that original peoples are American with American ideologies such as so-called regulation of migrants."
"The so-called shadow wolves are not 'traditional' o'odham and are not practicing an O'odham way of life."
"Militarization is the United States military in various disguises dehumanizing people, the land and dehumanizing the greater society."
Referring to the last name 'Rivas,' Ofelia said, "The surname is the legacy of the invading missionaries dehumanizing O'odham into a corrupt religion using force and slavery."
Scam re-writers and plagiarizers in Indian country
The news reporters covering Indian country who don't actually show up and cover the news -- and instead regurgitate press releases -- do a lot of harm.
The plagiarizers who profit from their easy chair industries, who stay home and plagiarize, also harm the people. The easy chair reporters cannot be assured of what happened, or make contacts to depend on, if they never show up.
When Indian Country Today began firing those of us who actually went out and covered the news in 2006, ICT hired stay-at-home re-writers, who stole and rewrote others news. They topped it off with a phone call to deceive their readers into believing they were out covering the news. They rarely left their easy chairs.
They put many Native photographers out of work by stealing their online photos.
The deceptive practice was repeated at other newspapers. At Arizona Republic in the 1980s, my articles, that were written while I lived on the Navajo Nation, were plagiarized word for word at Arizona Republic. The Arizona Republic editor verbally abused me when I complained.
Now, this scam practice is repeated throughout Indian country. Even though the media outlets are receiving huge grants of $100,000 and $1 million, the media who claim to be covering 'Indian country' still don't have reporters present in the communities actually reporting the news.
It's a short drive to Arizona's 22 Native Nations, but the reporters in Tucson and Phoenix seldom actually go out and cover the news.
Do any regional or national media outlets have reporters based in Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River or Standing Rock?
The theft of others hard work has become an easy street for the profiteers stealing from the web.
The New York Times was doing this, rewriting others hard work for profit, in the Southwest until the reporter was exposed.
Ask the reporters if they are present.
Read more:
Scam Promotion: Regurgitating government press releases: The people who live on the land are the ones that are harmed.
Congress seeks to increase status of Shadow Wolves, 2025
Biden gave Shadow Wolves 'special agent' status, 2022
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