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Ward Churchill loses composure video

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Will the University of Colorado be forced to rehire former professor Ward Churchill?  Here’s a video that captures some of the controversy surrounding Churchill whose self-proclaimed identity as a Cherokee has been causing him much grief. This You Tube video shows Churchill losing control. Also, check back shortly for more information on the brief filed by CU stating why they shouldn’t have to rehire Churchill. Remember, a jury voted to give him $1 in nominal damages? And, remember, his attorney David Lane suggested he should be given as much as $25 million?

For those of you just checking in, Churchill was fired by CU after writing a controversial essay about the victims who died in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Jodi Rave

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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