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University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill on Wednesday blasted as "categorically untrue" a statement from the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians that his claim to membership in the tribe is fraudulent. In an escalating war of words between the professor and the Tahlequah, Okla.-based Cherokee band, to whom he has long staked his status as an American Indian, Churchill said the tribe has the right "to disenroll me. . . . What it does not have a right to do is falsify history at its own convenience." Churchill also said he hasn't been notified that he has...

My brother Chris was a 1985 graduate of the University of Colorado, the father of three young children and a compassionate, respectful and generous man. He stood in defense of our environment, volunteered his time and money in support of human rights, and gave unselfishly to help disadvantaged, vulnerable members of our society. He spoke openly against unjust government policies, and followed a private ethic of compassion. Chris was also a U.S. government Treasury bond broker for Cantor Fitzgerald, and therefore by your definition was a "little Eichmann." At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, you claim that my beautiful...