The issue before
the University of Colorado Regents was whether militarist academic Ward Churchill
had misrepresented his work and himself. Dr. Churchill
claims to be an American Indian but that claim has come
under increasing scrutiny. Many writers on the Internet
say flatly that he is not. In the absence of a genetic test, if
such a thing exists,we have admittedly circumstantial
photographic evidence. As we posted yesterday,
Dr. Churchill certainly doesn't have the physical
features typical--or stereotypical--of American
Indians, and he couldn't have a more non-Indian,
Anglo name. The above photos were taken from
Google Images by entering the search terms
"American Indian," "Native American" and
"American Indian Movement," of which Dr.
Churchill is a member.
Pick the non-Indian. I defy anyone to look at
this group of photographs and not pick Dr.
Churchill. The photo of the bikini-clad girl is not
intended to be prurient or disrespectful of
Indians or Dr. Churchill. It is included simply to
have an example of a female since Dr. Churchill
is supposedly transgendered also. The widely-
known photograph of Dr. Churchill holding
an assault rifle can be offered to support his
contention that he is an Indian given the
historical evidence of the American Indians
war-like culture. However that is not enough
in the face of the evidence presented here.
In the absence of any other evidence this
photographic contrast is compelling that Dr.
Churchill did misrepresent himself as an
American Indian. This is Public Occurrences.
"WARD CHURCHILL"
