As some of you may have noticed John "Grey Medicine Wolf" Wilde has been removed from our Gathering website. We did this at his request and we think it is VERY important that the entire Pagan Community know why. 

For a few Gatherings now John has been holding sweat lodges at the Gathering.  He gives these sweat lodges for free, and they have been VERY well received by Gathering attendees. A couple of young men have described them as being "life changing".  One returning Gathering member told me he "has not touched drugs or alcohol since he did a sweat at a prior Gathering".   John is at our Gatherings because he helps people, pure and simple.  He takes absolutely nothing for the work he does, in fact he would not even allow us to reimburse him for blankets, special rocks, and other materials used in the sweats.  He considers those his "contribution" to the Community.

John has informed us that, due to the publicity surrounding the Fundamentalist Christian's efforts to drive us from Isle of Wight County, he has been "sanctioned" by Tidewater Native American Support Group for his appearance at the Gathering. 

Larry "GrayLocks" Cears, President of the Tidewater Native American Support Group has demanded that John write letters of retraction to the newspaper and to us, essentially stating that "Native American's do not associate with Pagans" and the "John is not qualified to run a sweat lodge".  At the Tidewater Native American Support