Controversial professor Ward Churchill has been cleared to speak at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's Native Pride Week.

Churchill, a professor at the University of Colorado, was invited to speak before the fury over his 9/11 essay erupted. He is scheduled to talk about racism against Native Americans on March 1.

Churchill claims Cherokee heritage although at other times he claimed Creek and Cree ancestry, according to news reports. He is not enrolled in any tribe.

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Churchill can speak at UW-Whitewater (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2/11)
Embattled Colorado professor cleared to speak at UW-Whitewater (AP 2/10)
Chancellor Decides to Continue Ward Churchill Lecture (UWW 2/10)
Churchill's accuracy challenged (The Boulder Daily Camera 2/11)
Incendiary in Academia May Now Find Himself Burned (The New York Times 2/11)
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Churchill's 9/11 Essay:
"Some People Push Back" On the Justice of Roosting Chickens (Pockets of Resistance September 2001)

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