I know about the splits. I think that much that Churchill says is interesting. When he came to Chico, he behaved badly -- very arrogant towards the students who invited him.
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 12:53:40PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > > >1. Churchill is a Native American, who has written extensively about the > >Holocaust of Native Americans. His thesis has not been warmly received. So I > >can understand why he may express some insensitivity about the slaughter of > >Americans -- even if some of the "Americans" were not really Americans are > >all. > > > >2. Churchill's strong language makes for easy criticism, but once Churchill is > >picked off, then the pressure put on people like my colleague, George Wright, > >for making a couple statements that were taken out of context, becomes > >acceptable. The attack on freedom of speech always begins at the margin. > > > On Ward Churchill, opinions differ. From an interview with Vernon > Bellecourt > <http://www.imdiversity.com/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=2437>: > > Vernon: What is behind it is the same FBI orchestrated program using > agents willing or unwilling or knowing people like Ward Churchill, > Russell Means and Bob Robideau in particular. Those three have > started this disinformation campaign by attacking the leadership of > AIM, making wild allegations. Now what you have to understand about > Ward Churchill...this man is still under investigation (we publish > reports of our investigation on our website under ministry of > information). This man claims to have served in Vietnam as an > information specialist. Now, if one would analyze what information > specialists did in Vietnam...they were actually misinformation > specialists putting out misinformation to set up assassinations of > Vietnam leaders, etc. When he got out of the military (in his own > writing) he states this. What we are maintaining is that this guy is > part of a misinformation campaign. In answer to your question, what > he tends to do is take 5% fact and mix it with 95% bullshit and stirs > it up to the point where people out there begin to question our > message. In other words they begin to question the messenger rather > than read the message. > > Now that was picked up by the Native News outlets and Native American > press here in Minneapolis. I have a lawsuit that is moving through > the courts because they have now become part of the misinformation > campaign. That is, the writer here, Joe Geshick has admitted being an > associate of Ward Churchill. Joe Geshick also attended those sham > tribunals in California. And it seems to be that the 10 or 12 people > that are all lined up with Ward Churchill, seemingly are all behind > this misinformation campaign, who previously almost every month or so > accused someone else of being implicit in the death of Anna Mae. > First it was John Trudell, then it was myself. And now they are > suggesting it is Dennis Banks. > > Now this is a very important point in response to your question. > About 7 years ago, after having looked through files of documents, I > called a man named Gordon Regguinti, who was the editor of the Circle > newspaper here in Minneapolis, and Paul Demain, editor of News from > Indian Country. I invited them over to my house. I sat them down and > I start putting all these documents in front of them. I said, "you > know Paul, I get a sense that a lot of journalists, particularly > Indian journalists, you can dangle news right under their noses and > they can not see or smell a story when it is put right in front of > them. But here is what I think," and I start telling them about the > attacks Ward Churchill was launching. > > How Ward Churchill had gotten Russell Means to meet with the CIA in > Virginia. Later, under director of Ward Churchill and Glen Morris, > Russell Means entered in from Costa Rica to Nicaragua with the CIA > sponsored contra, and in fact actually caused the death of Miskito > Indians. When we confronted Ward Churchill with that, he and Russell > Means came back and accused us --that is, Bill Means, myself and > Clyde---of causing the deaths of Miskito Indians. There were people > that were with them, and they know for a fact that it was Russell > means that in fact caused a Miskito Indian village to be bombed with > several people being killed. But what happens with this > misinformation campaign, whenever they're confronted, they come back > and make the same accusations--such as accusing me of being an FBI > agent, accusing my brother of being an FBI agent. It is a typical > misinformation campaign. > > [...] > > Vernon: Let me deal with that this way. First of all, based on our > investigations, me pouring through all these different documents, > Ward Churchill, who was a white man, IS a white man, arrived on the > scene, according to his own words: "teaching" the Rapid City police > department about AIM. You could take the word "teaching" out of it, > put [in] "informing," very easily. And that's exactly what he was. > And that is what he is today. He admits to being this white man > standing behind the hill from Porcupine on June 26th, [1975] [-] > being behind the hill from Porcupine, urinating against the hill when > he witnessed these FBI federal marshalls, BIA police with armored > personnel carriers in Vietnamese war type uniforms doing a sweep. > Right? Was that just a coincidence? Wouldn't it make more sense that > Clyde or Dennis Banks might be behind a hill? What's this white man > doing there? He was on the periphery. When you look at other people > that fit a pattern as I suggested, you see Dave Hill. Someone has to > take a real serious look at that. I am looking at documents right > now. A list of fingerprints found inside Jumping Bull. Dave Hill > appears. > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
