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Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader

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They say this and that about old Ward Churchill but whatever he is he is indeed a literary scholar and this work is a product of 30 years of excellent research put together in a great way and order if you really want to know the true history of America the country versus it's Native peoples, or you want to know what it means to be Indian or part indian or you really have an interest in the absolute truth about Native studies and this countries policies towards them since before the beginning when the British were still here to the pulse of modern times This Is One Book You Need To Read! It is expensive so try it used or however you can get it but definately READ IT!

Churchill refuses to let history be told as if native peoples either do not exist, or exist only as mere stage sets for some great movie Western.

READ THIS BOOK and see how only a word like "genocide" can be used to explain the history of U.S. relations with Native Americans, and how this same genocide continues to this day.

Churchill emphasizes the necessary connection those engaged in globalization strugglers in general must forge between their struggles and those of native peoples if they are to be successful.

Clear and concise, An excellent Churchill reader!

I Also recommend "Pacifism as Pathology".

What a dilemma! What do you do when a book is well-written and well-researched, but you also happen to be aware that the author is uncomfortably steeped in controversies over his own misrepresentation of himself, his occasionally violent behavior toward women and elders, and his crass dismissal of victims of violence through which he justifies the use of violent assault on those regarded as political enemies? (he teased that the 9-11 victims were deserving targets).

Well, I guess you try to be honest. You say "This guy writes well!" and "His research is reliable and worth collecting."

But then you caution readers that Churchill himself is unsettling to MANY traditional Native people who do not regard him as an authentic representation of an Indian voice or ethic, and you urge readers to research Churchill online in order to distinguish between a skilled collection of scholarship and an individual author whom some may find to be blasphemous to Native traditionalism.

Poor , poor pathetic Ward lives in a fantasy world where he is the ultimate victim . First , he claimed Indian ancestry so he could suffer like our Native American brothers and sisters .Turns out that was a lie .He had no Indian blood . Next he got busted and subsequently fired from his job for plagiarism but , in his arrogance refused to admit that he was at fault . ( A thief is more like it .)
You can buy a lot of John Wayne movies for the price of this clown's book and get a better education in the process . Don't waste your time or money on this jerk . What he doesn't know would fill volumes . What he does know is next to nothing .

I recently went to a cherokee reservation to a casino there, and saw no "genocide" going on. Some years back, I bought cigarettes at a seminole reservation and they were really cheap, because the indians didn't have to pay taxes. I didn't notice mounds of dead bodies or see any crematoriums emitting nerve gases. Yet, these same voices screaming "genocide" are generally the same ones screaming "no WMDs in Iraq", all the while ignoring the masses of gassed Kurds. Go figure.