Hat tip to The Rutles for the headline.
First, in chilly Winnipeg, Ward's speaking event scheduled for last week was cancelled. This comes from Dust My Broom. Dust My Broom's comments are in italics.
Ward Churchill Speech Cancelled after Aboriginal Groups Voice Concern (PDF file from The Uniter of the University of Winnipeg)
Expenses for his accommodations won’t be refunded to USWA:
Ward Churchill, a controversial advocate for indigenous peoples’ rights, will not be coming to speak at the University of Winnipeg on Nov. 4 after several aboriginal groups throughout the city and across the country brought their concerns to the office of the UWSA.
The official decision came on Oct. 25 at a UWSA board meeting where members in attendance formally voted against him speaking. “It was a decision at a board meeting to cancel his talk because of concerns by aboriginal groups and also from the Kelly family (family of Ward Churchill’s deceased wife) because it would cast his credibility in a bad light,” said UWSA vice president advocate of student services Andriy Michalchyshyn
Apparently lying about his educational and ethnic background, and plagiarism, do nothing to his crediblity.
Some of the groups in opposition were the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Southern Chiefs organization (SCO), Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), and the Ojibwas of Onigaming First Nation. Robert Kelly, the Chief of the Onigaming First Nation – based out of Ontario – sent a letter to the UWSA, claiming that Churchill had written a book containing defamatory material regarding his deceased wife and her family, and that his presence would not be well received in the aboriginal community.
“As the leader of my community, I feel it is imperative that I provide some protection for the safety and well-being of my members, and further believe that Mr. Churchill should not be in a position to speak on behalf of First Nations peoples,” the letter reads.
Wayne Nelson, the University of Winnipeg Aboriginal Student Council codirector can second the concern – he confirms the aboriginal community would have taken action if Churchill had spoken.
In Seattle, Bos'un Locker attended the Shoreline Community College speech, and BL discovered that his Justice of Roosting Chicken's speech was just stale leftovers.
After I returned home and wrote this article, I discovered a canned lecture on the internet, "Some People Push Back" On the Justice of Roosting Chickens By Ward Churchill and discovered that I could have saved $12 by reading his canned speech instead of going to Shoreline Community College. However, I was able to soak up $12 worth of rare atmosphere of the radial left wing agenda for a couple of hours and go a chance to see Churchill the man in person.
No word yet from Evergreen State College on Ward's antics there--he spoke at the Olympia, WA college Monday. Evergreen of course is best known as the school wild-eyed radical Rachel Corrie attended.
But as you'll see, there is more on DePaul and Ward to report on.
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