Ward Churchill Livres

The devastating results of a 100-year program to eradicate Native North American culture

The book explores the flawed logic behind the legislation that established colonial dominance over Indigenous peoples and their territories in North America. It delves into the historical context and the rationale used to justify these actions, highlighting the impact on Indigenous communities and their rights. Through critical analysis, it sheds light on the consequences of such reasoning and challenges the narratives that have shaped colonial policies.

Wielding Words Like Weapons is a collection of acclaimed American Indian Movement activist and intellectual Ward Churchill's essays in indigenism, selected from material written during the decade 1995-2005. It includes material illustrating the range of formats Churchill has adopted in stating his case, from sharply framed book reviews and review essays, to equally pointed polemics and op-eds, to formal essays designed to reach both scholarly and popular audiences.

The book explores the complex relationship between Native Americans and American cultural symbols like Columbus Day and the Washington Redskins. It delves into the painful reminders these symbols represent, highlighting the ongoing struggle for identity and recognition within a society that often marginalizes Indigenous perspectives. Through this lens, it addresses themes of cultural appropriation and the impact of historical narratives on contemporary Native American life.

Focusing on the history of indigenous resistance in North America, this landmark work delves into the ongoing struggle for land rights among Native communities. It highlights key events, figures, and movements that have shaped the fight for sovereignty and justice, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges faced by indigenous peoples. Through detailed analysis, the book emphasizes the resilience and determination of these communities in their quest to reclaim their heritage and rights.

Exploring the concept of genocide, this collection of essays delves into both legal and cultural definitions. The author confronts Holocaust denial and the debate over its uniqueness, while drawing parallels to the atrocities faced by Indigenous peoples in the Americas since Columbus. Churchill argues that these historical and ongoing injustices meet the criteria for genocide, critiquing how the international understanding of the term has been manipulated for political purposes. His work advocates for the recognition of Indigenous suffering within this critical framework.

In this volume of incisive assays, Ward Churchill looks at representations of American Indians in literature and film, delineating a history of cultural progaganda that has served to support the continued colonization of Native America. Literature and art crafted by the dominant culture are an insidious political force, disinforming people who might otherwise develop a clearer understanding of indigenous struggles for jestice and freedom. This book is offered to counter that deception, and to move people to take action on issues confronting American Indians today.

Argues that while the ideology of nonviolent political action promises that the harsh realities of state power can be transcended through good feelings and purity of purpose, it is in fact a counter-revolutionary movement that defends and reinforces the same status-quo it claims to oppose. Churchill debunks the claims of historical pacifist victories, and proposes ways to diminish much of the delusion, aroma of racism, and sense of privilege which mark the covert self-defeatism of mainstream dissident politics. An important intervention, intended to generate badly-needed debate about the issue in the progressive community.

From a Native Son was the first volume of acclaimed American Indian Movement activist-intellectual Ward Churchill's essays in indigenism, selected from material written during the decade 1985-1995. Presented here in a newly revised edition that includes four additional pieces, three of them previously unpublished, the book illuminates Churchill's early development of the themes with which he has, in the words of Noam Chomsky, 'carved out a special place for himself in defending the rights of oppressed people, and exposing the dark side of history'.