Original sentence: " Churchill claims of his own citation that he was "as of mid-2001, the most cited ethnic studies scholar in the country".Churchill acknowledges elsewhere that LaVelle's work on the Allotment Act has been cited by two scholars; but uses a phrase from Robert Porter, in describing LaVelle's legal interpretation as being designed to "put a happy face on colonialism
Edited sentence: Churchill acknowledges elsewhere that LaVelle's work on the Allotment Act has been cited by two scholars; Churchill claims of his own citation that he was "as of mid-2001, the most cited ethnic studies scholar in the country"