A report on Ward Churchill

Churchill speaking at the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair in May 2005.
Churchill testifying in the civil trial of Ward Churchill v. University of Colorado.

American author, scholar and political activist.

- Ward Churchill
Churchill speaking at the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair in May 2005.

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University of Illinois Springfield

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Public university in Springfield, Illinois.

Public university in Springfield, Illinois.

The Colonnade
Legacy Campus
Official athletics logo.

Ward Churchill - former University of Colorado professor, social critic, activist (1974 B.A. Communications, 1975 M.A. Communications)

Lewy (left) with Oliver Schmidt

Guenter Lewy

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German-born American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

German-born American author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Lewy (left) with Oliver Schmidt

The paper is highly critical of Ward Churchill, particularly in regards to his attributing the word "genocide" to the destruction of American Indian civilization.

American Indian Movement of Colorado

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Breakaway group from the American Indian Movement.

Breakaway group from the American Indian Movement.

Notable activists associated with AIM of Colorado have been Russell Means and Ward Churchill.

Means at the Illinois Libertarian Party convention in Chicago, Illinois, at the time he was running for the Libertarian Party nomination for president in 1988

Russell Means

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Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician, and writer.

Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician, and writer.

Means at the Illinois Libertarian Party convention in Chicago, Illinois, at the time he was running for the Libertarian Party nomination for president in 1988
Russell Means speaks against the War on Terror at a DC Anti-War Network's anti-war protest on November 11, 2001.

In 1993, the organization divided officially into two main factions: "AIM Grand Governing Council", based in Minnesota, which copyrighted the name "American Indian movement"; and American Indian Movement Confederation of Autonomous Chapters, based in Colorado and allied with Means and Ward Churchill.

COINTELPRO memo proposing a plan to expose the pregnancy of actress Jean Seberg, a financial supporter of the Black Panther Party, hoping to "possibly cause her embarrassment or tarnish her image with the general public". Covert campaigns to publicly discredit activists and destroy their interpersonal relationships were a common tactic used by COINTELPRO agents.

COINTELPRO

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Series of covert and illegal projects actively conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic American political organizations.

Series of covert and illegal projects actively conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic American political organizations.

COINTELPRO memo proposing a plan to expose the pregnancy of actress Jean Seberg, a financial supporter of the Black Panther Party, hoping to "possibly cause her embarrassment or tarnish her image with the general public". Covert campaigns to publicly discredit activists and destroy their interpersonal relationships were a common tactic used by COINTELPRO agents.
The "suicide letter" that the FBI mailed anonymously to Martin Luther King Jr. in an effort to persuade him to commit suicide
The building broken into by the Citizen's Commission to Investigate the FBI, at One Veterans Square, Media, Pennsylvania
Body of Fred Hampton, national spokesman for the Black Panther Party, who was assassinated by members of the Chicago Police Department, with the raid itself being a COINTELPRO operation, although there is not proof the assassination itself was.

Authors such as Ward Churchill, Rex Weyler, and Peter Matthiessen allege that the federal government intended to acquire uranium deposits on the Lakota tribe's reservation land, and that this motivated a larger government conspiracy against AIM activists on the Pine Ridge reservation.

Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech

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2009 documentary film about freedom of speech and the First Amendment in the United States, directed by Liz Garbus.

2009 documentary film about freedom of speech and the First Amendment in the United States, directed by Liz Garbus.

The documentary prominently features First Amendment attorney, Martin Garbus, who talks about the past and present state of free speech in the United States, and the case of Ward Churchill.

Harjo in 2009

Suzan Shown Harjo

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Advocate for Native American rights.

Advocate for Native American rights.

Harjo in 2009

Harjo has criticized author Ward Churchill's controversial claim of Native American ancestry, which is unsupported by documentation.

A jaguar hunter and his son, natives of the Chaco Boreal. The father continues to wear the traditional clothing of his region while the son has already adopted Western clothing.

Cultural imperialism

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Cultural imperialism (sometimes referred to as cultural colonialism) comprises the cultural dimensions of imperialism.

Cultural imperialism (sometimes referred to as cultural colonialism) comprises the cultural dimensions of imperialism.

A jaguar hunter and his son, natives of the Chaco Boreal. The father continues to wear the traditional clothing of his region while the son has already adopted Western clothing.
Indigenous children who have been taken from their parents and placed in a Western-style residential school, which aimed to eliminate Indigenous language and culture and replace it with English language and Christian beliefs.

The policies of these schools, as described by Ward Churchill in his book Kill the Indian, Save the Man, were to forcefully assimilate students who were often removed with force from their families.

Theatrical release poster

Black Robe (film)

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1991 historical drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, adapted by Brian Moore from his 1985 novel of the same name.

1991 historical drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, adapted by Brian Moore from his 1985 novel of the same name.

Theatrical release poster

Political activist Ward Churchill, after highly praising the film-making, criticized historical inaccuracies.

Howard Zinn in 2009

Howard Zinn

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American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran.

American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran.

Howard Zinn in 2009
Howard Zinn speaking at Marlboro College February 2004
Occupy Oakland, November 12, 2011, Howard Zinn quotation
Zinn at Pathfinder Book Store, Los Angeles, August 2000

From a Native Son: Selected Essays in Indigenism, 1985–1995 by Ward Churchill (1996) ISBN: 978-0-89608-553-4.