Posted on 08/11/2026 7:26:22 PM PDT by george76
Ward Churchill, the former University of Colorado professor whose writings and outspoken political views ignited a national debate over academic freedom and free speech, has died.
His former lawyer says Churchill died of a stroke.
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Churchill was a longtime professor of ethnic studies at CU Boulder. He became a nationally controversial figure in higher education after an essay he wrote that referred to some of the victims of the 9/11 attacks as "little Eichmanns," a characterization that prompted widespread condemnation and made Churchill a national figure.
The controversy soon expanded beyond his writings about the 9/11 attacks.
In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people's work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.
At the time, university officials emphasized that Churchill's controversial political speech itself could not be the basis for dismissing a tenured professor.
Churchill's attorney, David Lane, accused the university of conducting an unfair investigation and argued that the case was an extension of the controversy surrounding Churchill's political views. Churchill denied wrongdoing.
The controversy reached beyond his academic writings and into his artwork.
Former CBS Colorado reporter Raj Chohan reported a piece of artwork that Churchill made in 1981 closely resembled an illustration by artist Thomas E. Mails that had appeared in Mails' 1972 book "The Mystic Warriors of the Plains." Chohan shared pictures of the work titled "Winter Attack" and how it closely resembled a decade-earlier artwork.
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Churchill maintained that he had disclosed the source when the serigraph was originally produced.
But questions remained over whether permission had been obtained from the copyright holder.
The university investigation eventually concluded that Churchill had committed multiple instances of plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification. In 2007, the university Board of Regents voted to fire him.
Churchill challenged his dismissal in court, arguing that he had been punished for his political speech. In 2009, a Denver jury found that he had been wrongfully fired and awarded him $1 in damages. Subsequent court proceedings did not result in his reinstatement. The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado argued that Churchill had been fired because of his expression and later supported his legal challenge.
To supporters, he was a scholar punished for expressing views that many Americans found offensive. To critics, he represented a failure of academic standards that could not be excused as protected speech.
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The FIRST FAKE INDIAN!!
I remember this clown now.
I’ve an older book, a rather large tome, entitled “Mystic Warriors of the Plains”; it has fantastic color plates of different American Indian nations in authentic dress and customs.
Churchill lifted illustrations from this book as I recall. He was an early harbinger of quacks and pseudo-intellectuals to come, apparently. They are everywhere now.
There was such a fuss about his statement,back then.
This was shortly before most universities surrendered to all movements of the left.
Ward Churchill was found guilty of deliberate false assertions, misrepresentation of sources, and plagiarism..
Ward : Culture of Corruption..
Former Gov. Bill Owens - calls Churchill a plagiarist and a fraud.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175694/posts
One is instantly reminded of the narration from “The Magnificent Ambersons”:
“[Ward Churchill] had got his comeuppance. He got it three times filled, and running over. But those who had so longed for it were not there to see it, and they never knew it. Those who were still living had forgotten all about it and all about him.”
GOOD bye
good riddance ... he can take his smallpox blankets with him ...
Ward Churchill was the prototype academic and art world faker.
Same as that Arday, and that Harvard President and many others
Fake Indian, fabricated Vietnam military record, plagiarized art and writings, leveraging minority DEI status, playing the race card against any critics...
Yet Churchill will continue to vote reliably as a democrat-communist party-liner for years to come.
Among other things, Ward Churchill was found guilty of passing off others’ work as his own ( plagiarism ), but also of passing off his own work as others’.. This permits the author to create the false appearance that his claims are supported by other scholars when, in fact, he is the only source for such claims...
He committed plagiarism by copying original art and selling it as his own .. some of the late Thomas Mails’ art.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2892663/posts
Great news
I personally confronted him in 2005 as a professor. I announced he favored genocide against Americans.
Is it bad if I say no comment?
Gee, that’s a shame
Good riddance.
L
"Where his soul's gone, or how it fares; Nobody knows, and nobody cares."
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