Judge rules against rehiring Ward Churchill at CU

Former professor Ward Churchill won’t be rehired at the University of Colorado, according to a ruling on Tuesday by a Colorado judge.

In a reinstatement ruling, District Judge Larry Naves ruled that CU’s board of regents could not be sued. Furthermore, Churchill will not be entitled to any further damages other than the $1 bill he waved around in the courtroom after a jury ruled that he had been wrongfully terminated. Additionally, Churchill lawyer David Lane will not receive any money from the state for defending Churchill since he lost the case for his client. I’m not sure who had the more in-your-face defiant attitude, Churchill or Lane.

In previous statements, Lane said once his client was rehired, if anyone so much as looked at Churchill cross-eyed, they could be assured of yet another lawsuit.

As a former Churchill student and CU graduate, I’ve long taken a stand against Churchill who I’ve maintained was an academic fraud who pretended to be a Cherokee. I’ve always had a hard time understanding why any Native man or woman would stand beside him and defend such a vile man who has repeatedly shown hate against Native people. If anyone read the affidavits written by Native people they could see the disdain he had against people he purported to defend.

Are Native people really that desperate for a hero?

Jodi Rave