Native American studies. CD format. In this keynote lecture, Churchill weaves together the themes for which he has become hailed as an activist and scholar--genocide, repression, and resistance--and amply demonstrates why the fate of Leonard Peltier, the current state of Native American, and the long, sordid history of the state clampdown on dissent have ramifications across the globe. "Leonard Peltier is not simply a political prisoner, although he is that. He is a prisoner of war. He is a prisoner of the longest war in this hemisphere...That's 500 years of conquest and colonization and genocide. It is also 500 years of consistent resistance on the part of those who were targeted for that"--Ward Churchill, from the CD.

Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Cherokee) is professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado/Boulder. A member of the leadership council of Colorado AIM (American Indian Movement), he is a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. A prolific writer and lecturer, he has authored, co-authored or edited more than twenty books.