Johnathan Brooks MA MAC

I wrote the introduction for this new anthology book.

A highly anticipated follow up to the history-making anthologies TWO WORLDS (Book One) and CALLED HOME (Book Two): Lost Children of the Indian Adoption Projects series, STOLEN GENERATIONS: Survivors of the Indian Adoption Projects and 60s Scoop offers more narratives on the history of land-taking and child theft/adoption projects in the name of Manifest Destiny in North America. These narratives make clear that Lost Children are not… Show more

I wrote the introduction for this new anthology book.

A highly anticipated follow up to the history-making anthologies TWO WORLDS (Book One) and CALLED HOME (Book Two): Lost Children of the Indian Adoption Projects series, STOLEN GENERATIONS: Survivors of the Indian Adoption Projects and 60s Scoop offers more narratives on the history of land-taking and child theft/adoption projects in the name of Manifest Destiny in North America. These narratives make clear that Lost Children are not only survivors but resilient. A collection of adoptees’ firsthand accounts and the historical background of the Indian Adoption Projects and 60s Scoop, along with pertinent news, quotes and bibliography, this stunning new anthology has been edited by award winning journalist, adoptee-author Trace L Hentz (formerly DeMeyer).

Contributor: INTRO: Johnathan Brooks (Northern Cheyenne & Cree)
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An Alternative Guidance: One of four panel experts on hand to steer readers through life's difficult times. A type of shamanic agony uncle using the power of animal behaviour as guides (power animals).

In this issue, I wrote about the use The Bach Chicory remedy for unconditional love, in dealing with one's own insecurities and self-esteem.

I wrote a chapter for this sequel book to Two Worlds. Available through Amazon.

An impressive second anthology of American Indian and First Nations adoptee narratives. The book examines how Native American adoptees and their families experienced adoption and were exposed to the genocidal policies of governments who created Indian adoption projects.

One quarter of all Indian children were removed from their families and placed in non-Indian adoptive and foster homes or orphanages,… Show more

I wrote a chapter for this sequel book to Two Worlds. Available through Amazon.

An impressive second anthology of American Indian and First Nations adoptee narratives. The book examines how Native American adoptees and their families experienced adoption and were exposed to the genocidal policies of governments who created Indian adoption projects.

One quarter of all Indian children were removed from their families and placed in non-Indian adoptive and foster homes or orphanages, as part of the Indian Adoption Projects. One study found that in sixteen states in 1969, 85 percent of the Indian children were placed in non-Indian homes.
Where are these children now?

This new anthology “CALLED HOME” and the earlier work “TWO WORLDS: Lost Children of the Indian Adoption Projects” are very important contributions to American Indian history. The editors Trace A. DeMeyer and Patricia Busbee, both adoptees, found other Native adult survivors of adoption and asked them to write a narrative. In the part one of Called Home, adoptees share their unique experience of living in Two Worlds, feeling CALLED HOME, surviving assimilation via adoption, opening sealed adoption records, and in most cases, a reunion with tribal relatives. Adoptees who wrote in Two Worlds provide updates in part two. In part three, adoptees still searching for their families share their birth information, date and location. Recent history about the Supreme Court case involving Baby Veronica and The New Normal: DNA is also covered by co-editor Trace DeMeyer.
The new anthology CALLED HOME offers even more revelations of this hidden history of Indian child removals in North America, their impact on Indian Country and how it impacts the adoptee and their entire family. Show less

An Alternative Guidance: One of four panel experts on hand to steer readers through life's difficult times. A type of shamanic agony uncle using the power of animal behaviour as guides (power animals).

In this issue, I wrote about how to use Wild Earth Animal Essences that are made during shamanic ceremonies in Virginia and the use of combination essence Protection.

An Alternative Guidance: One of four panel experts on hand to steer readers through life's difficult times. A type of shamanic agony uncle using the power of animal behaviour as guides (power animals).

In the same issue, I wrote the introduction (the Owl) to the Mind, Body & Spirit section, 16 pages of advice for body and soul.

A response after reading Is He The Right Man For Me? Published May '14 edition of S&D.

Grandma’s Gift
Before my grandma Vera died in 2012, I… Show more

An Alternative Guidance: One of four panel experts on hand to steer readers through life's difficult times. A type of shamanic agony uncle using the power of animal behaviour as guides (power animals).

In the same issue, I wrote the introduction (the Owl) to the Mind, Body & Spirit section, 16 pages of advice for body and soul.

A response after reading Is He The Right Man For Me? Published May '14 edition of S&D.

Grandma’s Gift
Before my grandma Vera died in 2012, I asked her if she’d help me conceive a baby when she got to the other side. My husband and I had been trying for some years and I’d suffered many miscarriages. She told me that the baby was already there, I just needed to accept it. After she passed, nurses at the hospice told me that at the end she kept asking, ‘Where’s the baby gone? I was just holding her.’
Days later, I did a pregnancy test and it was positive. In September 2013, I had a beautiful baby girl, who’s bought so much joy. Recently, I had a dream I was in Grandma’s garden when a green hummingbird flew down. Shortly after, I read advice from Johnathan Brooks, Spirit Bear, in S&D that the hummingbird helps us receive joy and work through heartache. I took that as my sign from Grandma and I felt a warm glow of love.
Thank you for a wonderfully uplifting magazine that I’m sure heals many hearts.
Charlotte Irtelli, 36, East Sussex Show less

Each month I wrote a full colour page about a different power animal to guide reader's through life's ups and downs, for Spirit & Destiny the UK's largest selling spiritual lifestyle monthly magazine, which sells 55,000 copies per month!

An anthology of narratives. I was asked to write about my adoption. Born Native American (Cheyenne/Cree) then adopted. My adopted mother was born Countess Barbara von Bismarck-Schonhausen, the great granddaughter of the "Iron" Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck of Germany.

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