American Indian Scholar and Activist
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Previously Aired On: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 – Listen to the Show!
A prolific American Indian scholar/activist, Ward Churchill is a founding member of the Rainbow Council of Elders, and longtime member of the leadership council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado. In addition to his numerous works on indigenous history, he has written extensively on U.S. foreign policy and the repression of political dissent, including the FBI’s COINTELPRO operations against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement. Five of his more than 20 books have received human rights awards.
Former Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department, until July 2007 he was a tenured Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado/Boulder, where he received numerous awards for his teaching, scholarship and service. Professor Churchill is currently suing the University of Colorado for violating his First Amendment rights by firing him in retaliation for his observations on 9/11.
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July 1st, 2011
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Writer, Activist, Academic
Previously Aired On: December 19, 2006 – Archive Not Currently Available
Ward Churchill is a writer, political activist, and academic. He is a tenured full professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and author of over 20 books and hundreds of essays. In addition to his academic writing, Churchill has written for several general readership magazines of political opinion. His work is primarily about the U.S. and its historical treatment of political dissenters and of American Indian peoples.
Churchill was widely discussed and criticized in the mass media in 2005, for a 2001 essay in which Churchill questioned the innocence of many of the people killed in the World Trade Center attacks, labeling them as “technocrats” and “little Eichmanns.” The University of Colorado stated support for Churchill’s right to engage in controversial political speech.
Following an investigation of Churchill’s past research, the University’s Standing Committee on Research Misconduct recommended Churchill be sanctioned for repeated acts of “serious research misconduct.” On June 26, 2006, CU Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano issued a notice of intent to dismiss Churchill from his faculty position at the University of Colorado Boulder. Some observers concerned with academic freedom argue that the investigation is in retaliation for Churchill’s controversial statements about the World Trade Center attacks.
December 19th, 2006
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