Posted on 02/03/2005 9:54:30 PM PST by huac
Ward Churchill(I play an Indian on TV) is also a Che Guevara wannabee.
Bent Kenis?
"Churchill has described himself as Cherokee, Keetoowah Cherokee, Muskogee, Creek and most recently Meti. In a note in the online magazine Socialism and Democracy he wrote, ''Although I'm best known by my colonial name, Ward Churchill, the name I prefer is Kenis, an Ojibwe name bestowed by my wife's uncle.'' In biographical blurbs, he is identified as an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. But a senior member of the band with access to tribal enrollment records told Indian Country Today that Churchill is not listed. George Mauldin, tribal clerk in Tahlequah, Okla., told the Rocky Mountain News, ''He's not in the data base at all.''...According to Jodi Rave, a well-known Native journalist and member of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Three Affiliated Tribes, Churchill was enrolled as an ''associate member'' of the Keetoowah by a former chairman who was later impeached. The one other known member of the same program, since discontinued, was President Bill Clinton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1335639/posts
Churchill is an "associate member" member of Keetoowah tribe and "enrolled member" of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. I'm going to ask my friend whether he is an "enrolled member" or "associate member" of "The Chinese" race.
"..In the Keetoowah Band we have 78 tribal members..."
"..Before, and prior to May 1994, we had three categories of membership: honorary, associate, and full fledged members. This has changed; the governing body has changed membership requirements to read: a person must be 1/4 degree of Cherokee Indian ancestry or above to be a member of the United Keetoowah Band. We are talking about a little bit of the past, honorary could have been any nationality of people which the governing body wanted to honor, as an honorary membership. Associates were and still is those persons that are of 1/4 degree of Indian, Cherokee Indian ancestry and that's below that. And our full fledged members are 1/4 and above..."
From the above I take it that Associate members are supposed to be 1/4 Cherokee. But since the new information is that:
"..According to Jodi Rave, a well-known Native journalist and member of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Three Affiliated Tribes, Churchill was enrolled as an ''associate member'' of the Keetoowah by a former chairman who was later impeached. The one other known member of the same program, since discontinued, was President Bill Clinton. Rave said that she made this discovery as a student in a journalism class at the University of Colorado..."
It is probably the case that Ward Churchill has no Cherokee ancestry whatever and is hyping his temporary Associate membership in the band as if he had, though he is certain to deny this.
He was probably enrolled in the small band for the fame he had as a writer as was Clinton for being a public figure.
Ward Churchill could for a time properly claim that he was a member of the band, but to deceive people that he was a Native American as the Head of ethnic studies program may well fall below the, "minimum standards of professional integrity" and be ground for dismissal as a tenured professor, if the powers that be in the University look at it that way.
I doubt the will fire him for his writings, however reprehensible they are, but they can fire him for violation their, "minimum standards of professional integrity". They would be on stronger grounds against him in any lawsuit he later files and he has already said he would file one if he is dismissed.
Unfortunately, per the AP and CBS, I understand that the terrorists have taken Major Matt and Barbie hostage. They have pictures, so it must be true...
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Ok, Penis...errrr, I mean Kenis
Other than having that wallet card ID, does this clown have any Native American blood in him?
I bet he's been telling lies about being in Vietnam too. This has happened before with another university professor.
CIGAR
Or, in the case of Kenis, NO Cigar.
Good shot :)
From the article at the top of the thread it says:
" At various times, according to press reports, Churchill has described himself as Cherokee, Keetoowah Cherokee, Muskogee, Creek and most recently Meti. In a note in the online magazine Socialism and Democracy he wrote, ''Although I'm best known by my colonial name, Ward Churchill, the name I prefer is Kenis, an Ojibwe name bestowed by my wife's uncle.'' In biographical blurbs, he is identified as an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. But a senior member of the band with access to tribal enrollment records told Indian Country Today that Churchill is not listed. George Mauldin, tribal clerk in Tahlequah, Okla., told the Rocky Mountain News, ''He's not in the data base at all.''.."
The only thing he has is a temporary association with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. If there was more he would certainly have brought that forward by now.
HUAC = Hang Unsubstantiated Alleged Cherokees
Yikes! Are you the guy that Churchill claimed vandalised his pick-up?
Churchill's ethnicity is starting to sound like Kerry's heroic four months in Viet Nam ferrying weapons to the Khmer Rouge on Christmas in Cambodia while wearing his magic hat. In other words, fake.
Yeah I is.............. I hate
1)left wing fake Indians
2)terrorists
3) Con men
This guy fits all three!!
I think it is fake and hope the Regents call him on it.
One can only hope...
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