Comments on: Judge rules against rehiring Ward Churchill at CU http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534 Jodi Rave's Blog about Native community, culture and communication Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:22:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gyasi http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534&cpage=1#comment-124 Gyasi Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:49:18 +0000 http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534#comment-124 DANNNNNNGGGGG GIRLL!!! Good girl...I've always thought this dude was a clown...I wrote as much, but different publications were enamored with him, and wouldn't run the articles. Cornball. Thanks for the article. G DANNNNNNGGGGG GIRLL!!!

Good girl…I’ve always thought this dude was a clown…I wrote as much, but different publications were enamored with him, and wouldn’t run the articles.

Cornball.

Thanks for the article.

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]]> By: GENO1492 http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534&cpage=1#comment-121 GENO1492 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:14:10 +0000 http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534#comment-121 Kudos to the Judge! He made a wise decision that begs the question of Justice. The imposter--Ward Churchill got what he deserved. He can keep his $1 bill for all we care. But he shall never set foot in a CU classroom again. The man is hoax from the start. He desecrates the truth of Native American studies. That would be tantumount to learning from a Holocaust denier about the atrocities of WW2. Kudos to the Judge! He made a wise decision that begs the question of Justice. The imposter–Ward Churchill got what he deserved. He can keep his $1 bill for all we care. But he shall never set foot in a CU classroom again. The man is hoax from the start. He desecrates the truth of Native American studies. That would be tantumount to learning from a Holocaust denier about the atrocities of WW2.

]]> By: Sean Nordwall http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534&cpage=1#comment-120 Sean Nordwall Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:07:54 +0000 http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534#comment-120 As an actual ENROLLED member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, I am very happy with the fact that Churchill will not be re-instated, and be able to continue his charade as an 'indian' academic; much less one who is Keetoowah Cherokee. I myself went to UC Berkeley where I always fought against bringing Ward to campus, as I knew he was not an enrolled indian person. I also remember during the time of his controversy, many of the UKB were upset because they did not approve of Ward, nor did many even know who he was. It took some time and research, but they remembered him as promising to write the UKB history, and promote the UKB which he never did. More research found that the UKB discontinued to recognize their honorary 'associate' memberships, and so they believed that any controversy of him being 'indian' or enrolled as a Keetoowah should have ended there. Again, I just wanted to state my satisfaction with the fact that Ward will no longer be teaching at CU, Boulder and that Ward has never been accepted by the UKB community. Many of the urban indian groups in Colorado claim Ward, which is their right. I take issue with the fact he claims to be a Keetoowah, and my suggestion to these groups that wish Churchill were native is to try and enroll him in your tribe, but leave the UKB out of it as our community has dissavowed him over and over again. As an actual ENROLLED member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, I am very happy with the fact that Churchill will not be re-instated, and be able to continue his charade as an ‘indian’ academic; much less one who is Keetoowah Cherokee. I myself went to UC Berkeley where I always fought against bringing Ward to campus, as I knew he was not an enrolled indian person. I also remember during the time of his controversy, many of the UKB were upset because they did not approve of Ward, nor did many even know who he was. It took some time and research, but they remembered him as promising to write the UKB history, and promote the UKB which he never did. More research found that the UKB discontinued to recognize their honorary ‘associate’ memberships, and so they believed that any controversy of him being ‘indian’ or enrolled as a Keetoowah should have ended there. Again, I just wanted to state my satisfaction with the fact that Ward will no longer be teaching at CU, Boulder and that Ward has never been accepted by the UKB community. Many of the urban indian groups in Colorado claim Ward, which is their right. I take issue with the fact he claims to be a Keetoowah, and my suggestion to these groups that wish Churchill were native is to try and enroll him in your tribe, but leave the UKB out of it as our community has dissavowed him over and over again.

]]> By: Heidi http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534&cpage=1#comment-119 Heidi Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:05:21 +0000 http://buffalosfire.com/?p=534#comment-119 I don't think Native Peoples are desperate. It's desperate Native People's who need the hero, any hero, even a fraud and plagarist. I don’t think Native Peoples are desperate. It’s desperate Native People’s who need the hero, any hero, even a fraud and plagarist.

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