Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC in Lexington, Kentucky is not a legitimate indigenous organization. The leader of Hopi Wisdom Teachings, Jeremie Leckron (AKA Grandmother Medicine Song) is lying about her indigenous heritage and authority to share the teachings of indigenous Americans.

In what is becoming a side hustle of this blog (not really a hustle, I don’t make any money off of this), I feel compelled to share my experience with Jeremie Leckron (Grandmother Medicine Song) and what instigated this investigation into alleged fraud.

I serve as a progressive non-Christian minister in Lexington, Kentucky. Naturally, our religious tradition draws a lot of other new religious movements and other organizations that would like to use our buildings and space. For the most part, the organizations (religious and secular) that want to use our facilities are respectful, progressive, and legitimate.

Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC in Lexington, Kentucky represents an egregious appropriation of indigenous wisdom, teachings, and rituals. I’ll do my best to gather the information that’s been collected so far about Jeremie Leckron (Grandmother Medicine Song) as well as outline some of the more ridiculous and obvious claims of Hopi Wisdom Teachings.

My Experience with Jeremie Leckron, AKA Grandmother Medicine Song

Let’s be honest here, I have no direct experience with Jeremie Leckron. In my dealings with her organization and her followers, I quickly realized it’d be easier to talk to the now late Queen of England. For the record, it is generally considered sound collegial practice for clergy and/or spiritual leaders to be in direct contact with each other. I was relegated to her followers. I would never do such a thing to both those interested in the congregation I serve and the members of the congregation I serve. I think it’s more clearly said this way: I would never, ever allow for a situation to occur where I was treated as a “guru” that was untouchable by those outside of the fold. Red flag number one, my friends.

The rest of the situation is best summarized in the following points:

• In February 2020, Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC reached out to the church I serve inquiring about the use of our facilities and grounds.
• Our office manager at the time informed me of the request. At the time, I had no idea there was a “Hopi” organization in Kentucky and initially saw no problems with it. I talked with our office manager and had her gather some more information, which is our usual practice with any group.
• I forget the exact day, but representatives from Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC came to our facilities to look around. I happened to be in the office. This happened in February since the world shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• I showed them around the church facility and started to ask some questions of them. By this time, I had done some homework into the indigenous peoples of Kentucky. There is no record of the Hopi in Kentucky.
• I was informed by the followers of Jeremie Leckron (AKA Grandmother Medicine Song) that she was “…given authority to draw from all indigenous wisdom to build a bridge with white Americans.” Another red flag.
• Jeremie Leckron’s followers also told me that “indigenous people moved around a lot, so the Hopi would’ve eventually been in Kentucky. It’s all the same thing.” Hey, that’s a red flag, too!
• Upon leaving, I had several red flags raised and decided to reach out to the resources I had available to me. I found a thread on the New Age Fraud forums that illustrates many of the same concerns as well as some of my story represented here. They also have done some genealogical research into the claims made by Jeremie Leckron (AKA Grandmother Medicine Song) as well.
• I reached out to the Hopi Foundation in Arizona as well as the Hopi and Pueblo of Zuni tribal governments to inquire about Jeremie Leckron (AKA Grandmother Medicine Song) and her claims. Every organization said they could find no record of her and that such claims in Kentucky were not only suspicious but obviously appropriating indigenous practices.
• Furthermore, I reached out to a fellow congregationalist minister who is of Cherokee ancestry to get a temperature check on my reaction here. He assured me that the tribal governments are very sensitive to this and that the red flags were justified.
• Upon informing Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC of our findings, they replied with two words: “Message Received.”

Summing Up the Fraud of Jeremie Leckron AKA Grandmother Medicine Song

At this point, if you’re not concerned, I don’t know what will get you concerned. Here is a woman claiming ancestry that tribal governments and foundations have said is fraudulent. She is teaching rituals, holding initiations, and giving talks that tribal governments say are clear appropriation and disrespect to their indigenous ancestries. That alone is enough to say Jeremie Leckron (Grandmother Medicine Song) of Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC is a fraud.

Search around the New Age Fraud forums for “Hopi Wisdom Teachings” and you’ll find other information that discredits her supposed teachers and lineages. The rest of this post here will be to preserve some of this information in case anything happens to NAFPS. As you’ll see, Jeremie Leckron has used several names, is decidedly white, and is lying about her background.

Preserving Information Exposing Jeremie Leckron AKA Grandmother Medicine Song