dear ward churchill admitted in front of dozens of reporters and in front of tv cameras last night february that he is not in fact an indian he has been lying about his heritage for many many years and people like me who live and work in indian country everyday have known for years that he was out and out lying about his heritage i repeat ward churchill during his speech at the university of hawaii admitted that he is not an indian the comment word for word was published in the honolulu star bulletin vol issue wednesday february churchill attacks essay s critics by craig gima i'm going to attempt to be gracious but i have to say that you and missed the boat on this one i'm not going to do it tonight because i do need sleep but there is going to be huge re write of the article tomorrow because the article is just flat out wrong now these allegations of fabrications have been provable facts of fabrications it calls into questions so many other things about the guy what other things is he out and out lying about but more importantly the way that the section on his fake indian heritage needs to be completely re written considering the arrogant and sanctimous way that he has treated people like me in indian country who dared to question his indian heritage claims over the years i think that indian heritage section needs to play a more centralized role in the article and tomorrow that role is coming so many peoplewho do not even live in indian country who do not work in indian countrymade the claim that to dare question the great ward churchill's fake indian heritage was a cheap shot we have been hearing that from non indians for many many years and now churchill has admitted that he lied about it for over years he claims that it merely a misunderstanding created by some sloppy reporters that is a damn lie too he has been claiming indian heritage for over years it is written on either the front cover or back cover of his numerous books he refers to the fake indian scam in newspaper article after newspaper article he committed fraud when he applied to the university of colorado the denver post has published his employment application and on that application he claimed that he is indian for affirmation action purposes that is a damned lie there is going to be re write and jodi rave's comments are going back in and all the rest your attempts to stifle the topic has ended by churchill himself feb utc