Posted on 02/23/2005 11:36:36 PM PST by GeronL
Edited on 02/23/2005 11:59:22 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Churchill did address the issue of his ethnicity, admitting that he is not Native American.
"Is he an Indian? Do we really care?" he said, quoting those he called his "white Republican" critics.
"Let's cut to the chase; I am not," he said.
His pedigree is "not important," Churchill said: "The issue is the substance of what is said."
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Churchill misquoted in article on UH speech
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, incorrectly quoted University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill as admitting that he was not American Indian.
The story about Churchill's Tuesday night speech at the University of Hawaii-Manoa said the professor noted that his "white Republican" critics were asking, "Is he an Indian? Do we really care?"
"Let's cut to the chase, I'm not," the quote in yesterday's paper continued.
But a review of video and audio tapes of the speech shows that Churchill actually said: "Is he an Indian?
"We really care. We're trying to protect the rights of Indians to divine for themselves, say, this circle of flies in the form of white reporters circling a manure pile like it's of all consequential importance. "Cut to the chase on that."
Churchill went on to say that he is an associate member of the Keetoowah tribe and that associates are enrolled in the band after their genealogy has been vetted by the enrollment office. He said that he is less than one-quarter Indian, so he does not qualify to be a full member.
The issue of whether Churchill has Indian blood is part of the national debate over the controversial professor who gained notoriety for comparing some Sept. 11, 2001, victims to Nazis.
Well, ZERO is less than 1/4.
http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/cherokee.html
Churchill's membership in tribe honorary only
By Stuart Steers,
Rocky Mountain News
February 4, 2005
The former chairman of the Keetoowah band of Cherokee Indians says University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill was given an honorary membership that required no proof of Cherokee heritage.
John Ross led the tribe for several years in the 1990s. He says the Keetoowah established an "associate member" program to recognize friends of the tribe.
"If somebody helped out in a certain way, to honor them they'd give them an associate membership," Ross said Thursday. "There were 300 or 400 associate members."
Former President Clinton also was given an honorary membership in the tribe.
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"His pedigree is "not important,"
Careful there Chief Lyin' Sack, that kinda talk is gonna get you hired by CBS!
BAN INDIANS!
It shouldn't, but tenure is jealously guarded by the rest of the lefty profs, in the event their own shady or questionable pedigrees are ever called into question. What was that famous quote...'The only way to get rid of him is to catch him in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.' And of course, in today's university environment, that only leaves the dead girl clause.
Regardless, it's pretty humorous that this bitter, gnarly old white guy was chosen to lead 'ethnic studies'.
Let's review. Churchill is a professor of "Ethnic Studies", teaching about the experiences of Native Americans, although he is not Indian and has no idea of what it is genuinely like to be one.
Pardon me, why does he still have a job?
Regards, Ivan
LOL!
"Pardon me, why does he still have a job?"
Because CU is afraid he'll sue the stuffing out of them if they fire him.
And with a Bozoulder jury, he'd win.
And white.
Churchill is a member of the not very famous Faux Indian tribe. They have a lot of Faux University professors in the Faux Indian Tribe.
If he is not Native American then the university of Colorado should replace him with a real native indian.
Well, David Yeagley is available!
Gee, another Leftist who lied on his job application.
Like John Cambodian-Rambo Kerry.
Hey, Ward, white men speak with forked tongue describes you, dude--but not the majority of white men!
Ward is tribeless, clueless, gutless--and deserves to be set adrift on an ice floe as a [rat] without a country.
Ward Churchill off planet Earth--nice ring to it.
What is upsetting are all the students who continue to support him knowing he is a liar and more. Anythng goes with college students nowdays!
The truth passes bozo's lips.
A small but statistically insignificant number of aholes will buy the Che Guevara t-shirts.
Sometimes the number doesn't look all that small or insignificant. I think the liberal colleges have indoctrinated a lot of young people.
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