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Churchill's resume says Cherokee
Churchill claimed native descent on CU application

By Kate Larsen, Camera Staff Writer
February 12, 2005

Controversial professor Ward Churchill marked an "X" next to the "American Indian or Alaskan Native" category of his 1980 University of Colorado job application. And on his 1980 resume, Churchill identified himself as "Creek/Cherokee (unenrolled)."

In recent weeks, some American Indian groups have said Churchill "fraudulently represented himself as an Indian." Some academic peers are questioning the accuracy of his work ...

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/buffzone_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2448_3542846,00.html

Many of these links from the RMN are apparently gone.

I think that KHOW radio talk show host Dan Caplis is still around.

Churchill's original 1978 application to the school for a position as a lecturer in Native American studies included a completed federal affirmative action form, on which he claimed "American Indian" ethnicity, according to records obtained Thursday by KHOW radio talk show host Dan Caplis through open records law requests to CU.

A second document obtained by Caplis, a 1990 application by Churchill for the position of associate professor of American Indian Studies, prior to his receiving tenure, also shows that Churchill claimed "American Indian" status.

An affirmative action data collection form shows that 11 American Indians applied, but only two, including Churchill, were interviewed.

"If he is not Native American, if he lied about his ethnicity to get a job in the Equal Opportunity program, I think they would fire him on those ground alone," Caplis said.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3540067,00.html

22 Apr 1994

" The Problem is that Ward Churchill is NOT a Native American he is causing much disention between our people and that is exactly what the whiteman would like to see.

If we are to busy fighting among ourselves than we can not do what needs to be done.

Ward has claimed all these different bloodlines but none has checked out. "

http://www.native-net.org/archive/nl/9404/0290.html

Ward has never offered any proof that he has any native blood...even after being challanged repeatedly.

You might ask the pro-Ward people to offer some proof:

The sorry part of this is Ward Churchill has fraudulently represented himself as an Indian, and a member of the American Indian Movement, a situation that has lifted him into the position of a lecturer on Indian activism.

He has used the American Indian Movement’s chapter in Denver to attack the leadership of the official American Indian Movement with his misinformation and propaganda campaigns.

Ward Churchill has been masquerading as an Indian for years behind his dark glasses and beaded headband.

He waves around an honorary membership card that at one time was issued to anyone by the Keetoowah Tribe of Oklahoma.

Former President Bill Clinton and many others received these cards, but these cards do not qualify the holder a member of any tribe.

He has deceitfully and treacherously fooled innocent and naïve Indian community members in Denver, Colorado, as well as many other people worldwide.

Churchill does not represent, nor does he speak on behalf of the American Indian Movement.

http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/churchill05.html