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It remains an egregious affront to Indians that Ward Churchill, a non-Indian, was honored as an Indian with tenure and a top salary at a major American educational institution, the University of Colorado.  It says that Indian identity means nothing. But since Churchill was an America-hating radical, the university left – which claims to honor Indians – was ready to rally behind an Indian imposter because his views were politically correct.  But it's a different story when a real American Indian loves America, and publicly advocates patriotism. The radicals on campus can't stand that.  An American Indian patriot is politically...

Tribute to a Hopi Warrior By David Yeagley “Hoka hey!” cried the Sioux in 1876, “It’s a good day to die.” Maybe the Hopi Indians can say the same thing today, in 2003. PFC Lori Piestewa, a Hopi Indian woman from Tuba City, Arizona, was killed in action in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many reports call attention to the fact that she was the first woman soldier killed in the Iraqi conflict, and that she was one of the few Indian women in United States military service. And for whom was 22-year-old Pfc. Piestewa fighting? The people of Iraq, the people...

Campus Reporter A Native-American professor from Oklahoma defended the Second Amendment in a speech at Ohio University's Bentley Hall on Tuesday night. "Owning a weapon is a precious freedom," declared David Yeagley, a member of the Comanche Nation. Yeagley's speech, entitled "He Who Takes My Weapon Is My Enemy: An American Indian View of the Second Amendment," was sponsored by the OU Second Amendment Club and Young America's Foundation. Yeagley is a columnist for the Internet magazine Front Line, in which he advocates conservative ideas from a Native-American viewpoint. The liberal arts professor holds degrees from Oberlin, Yale, Emory, the...

A non-Indian committee has decided that American Indians cannot bear the shame of an Indian mascot. The National Collegiate Association of Athletes, the latest great white father figure, has banned the use of American Indian mascots and logos during post-season games and tournaments. Put simply, if the Florida State Seminoles football team wins their division, they won’t be able to wear their official uniforms in any championship games after February 1, 2006. The use of Indian names, logos, or mascots is “abusive” and “hostile” toward Indians, say these non-Indian committeemen. Of course, they’re basing their theoretical righteousness on the presumptuous...

No Confidence from the Bad Eagle Journal London was attacked today by murderers. July 7, 2005, the media spins the story with the usual politically correct misnomers, such as "terrorists, "suicide bombers," "Islamic extremists" (or just "religious" extremists), instead of calling them what they are--demonic murderers. These evil killers, these grotesque misanthropes, these satanic slaughterers, get a nominal press pass every time, no matter whom, where, when, or how many innocents they kill. Why, it's not slaughter, it's "terrorism." Emergence services carry a woman into an ambulance at Kings Cross Train Station after multiple explosions rocked the capital in London,...

Ward Churchill's Blood (Purity) Libel By David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | June 30, 2005Leftist pseudo-Indian Ward Churchill is a cause célèbre for hating America, but I seem to have threatened that cause by pointing out his faux Indian bloodline. The Left is now attacking me, a conservative Indian, claiming I’m not Indian, either. An far-Left fake Indian who hates America can’t tolerate a real Indian who loves America. The Left has now launched a vicious, libelous campaign against me and my family, stating I am not really an Indian—inoculating Churchill against the seriousness of his deceptions. Since my C-SPAN appearance, May...

Why Communism Loves Children By David Yeagley FrontPageMagazine.com | May 6, 2005 Communism needs children. Only children will obey the tyranny of adult delusions without question. Only the young are naïve enough to hate all authority and to destroy all achievement. For youth, Communism is not a delusion but an exciting, heroic cause. Cambodia’s Pol Pot knew this. He overtook his country on April 17, 1975, with a huge gang of young teenagers called the Khmer Rouge. Through these obedient subjects, Pol Pot murdered nearly 2 million people of his own nation, one-third of the population. In less than four...

A Hate-America prof stands on my people's shoulders to spit on our country. Listen, Ward: Real Indians Love America By David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | March 4, 2005Ward Churchill wants everyone to think that Indians hate America. The truth is Indians love America, more than most people here. Today there are nearly 200,000 living American Indian veterans. That’s nearly one out of eight Indians. Churchill’s fake Indian voice, though loud, is way off-key. Real Indians honor America, and are quick to honor their warriors. The percentage of Indians in the American military is proportionately higher than that of any other group, and...

Ward Churchill Exploits Indians By David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | February 28, 2005Ward Churchill has made the claim to be Indian more disputable and disreputable than ever before.  Worse then the “African’ Americans who claim to be Mashantucket Pequot in order to benefit from the great Connecticut casino, Churchill claims to be Indian to emphasize his own anti-American agenda. He has used a life-long fabricated association with Indians to create a political career, which he otherwise could never have achieved. In view of such fraud, it is high time to examine just how one is identified as an Indian these days,...

Robert Redford and George Soros surely make one of the oddest couples in American pop culture. For most of us, Redford’s all-American good looks evoke images of the dashing outlaw Harry Longabaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid. By contrast, Soros’ gaunt visage, thousand-yard stare, thick Central European accent, levitating gray hair and megalomaniacal pronouncements weirdly echo those of the “Dr. Strangelove” character in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 Cold War classic. The differences between these two men are only skin deep, however. Both owe allegiance to the far left. And both work quietly, in a sinister partnership, to flood U.S. media...

Comanche blogger David Yeagley is going on the warpath. His quarry: Robert Redford. His goal: To punish what he calls leftwing hypocrisy. High schools, colleges and professional sports teams face harassment and lawsuits every day for using Indian names and images. Yet no one objects to Hollywood leftist Robert Redford naming his Sundance Institute after a Lakota Sioux ritual. Why the "free pass," asks Yeagley? "I protest... the outlandish hypocrisy of the Leftist Indians, who would crush some innocent school for using `Warrior' on its school jersey, yet not breathe a word of protest against Robert Redford's use of `Sundance'...

By David Yeagley FrontPageMagazine.com | June 1, 2004 I’m still an American Indian patriot. Even after watching CNN’s 90 minute program featuring the May 29 dedications of the new National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.,

Washington has continued its blind policy of selling American Indian rights out to non-Indians during the 21st century. Most recently, the nation’s government has stepped on tribal rights to make room for the corrupt “Indian” casino business. I said as much at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, May 12, I was invited to speak to leaders of Citizens Equal Rights Alliance, United Property Owners, Upstate Citizens for Equality, and One Nation. These organizations represent over a quarter of a million Americans citizens who have personally lost money, property, business, and basic civil rights as the result of...

Were Arabs really part of the American Indian tribes? That's what a new series of textbooks says The Left Hijacks Indian HistoryBy David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | April 28, 2004A liberal advocacy group in Washington recently committed intellectual genocide on American Indians. Authors of the group presumed to fabricate Indian history, as if real Indian history doesn’t matter. Authors simply created an Indian story to suit the purposes of the advocacy group, and published it in a school text manual as fact.    Sounds incredible, but the Middle East Policy Council published a 540-page book called Arab World Studies Notebook, a teacher’s guide...

Most people can’t imagine Christ with a weapon. Therefore, it doesn’t seem right that a Christian should have one. Leftists and their anti-gun laws seem more Christian in their attitude toward guns. But early American Christians would call them cowards, unworthy of the Christian commonwealth.In 1619, the colony of Virginia had statutes that not only required everyone to attend church on Sunday, but “all such as bear arms shall bring their pieces, swords, powder and shot” or be subject to a three-shilling fine. That same statute was renewed in 1632, and again in 1738.  Connecticut law in 1636 declared that...

Fighting "Federal Communism" on the ReservationBy David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | March 26, 2004What does a career Indian protester do when he realizes the Left has failed him and his people? Ask Russell Means, Olgala Sioux of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Mr. Means recently endorsed Republican John Thune’s bid for the Senate.  Thune is running against Democrat incumbent Tom Daschle.  Means now calls himself a “Lakota Libertarian Republican.”   It makes perfect sense. There has been little improvement in Indian country under the Democrats. Conditions in South Dakota reservations certainly haven’t improved under Daschle. What’s an Indian to do politically? "I'm going to...

John Kerry is campaigning for president with a very effective tool. We could call it the new American mascot—the U.S. military uniform. Sure, others have worn it before in political campaigns, General George Washington for starters. The military uniform nearly always stands for discipline, courage, and bravery, just like American Indian mascots do. Schools, colleges, and universities use Indian mascots and logos for that very reason. But it isn’t likely that American schools and colleges will ever use the image of a modern American military man as a mascot. There is too much political controversy over what he might represent, thanks...

Look Who's Jewish Now!By David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | February 6, 2004 In the Third World these days, a lot of “indigenous” people are claiming to be Jewish.  In America a lot of “foreigners” are claiming to be Indian.  The motivation seems the same. These people want some kind of advantage.  Their “Jewish” claims are stronger than some “Indian” claims, but they all want a better life. Some people cannot advance socially, and see themselves in abject depression. The claim of a significant heritage offers them an alternative path to improvement, and certainly an easier path.   So it happens with the...

The people of the Middle East have forgotten their legitimate ethnic heritage. . . and it's not "Arab." Are the Arabs, Arab?By David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | February 2, 2004 People in the Arabic world have forgotten who they are. The people of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and even some "Palestinians," are not Arabs at all. Instead, they are descendents of very ancient peoples, with different cultural and ethnic origins. Militant Arabs invaded these lands in the 7th century A.D. and forced "Arabic" culture on their ancestors. Mohammad’s new religion of Islam sought world dominion through coerced unity, crushing cultural diversity. But...

I’m glad the Pilgrims came here to Indian country. Otherwise, I might never have known about the Hebrew Bible, or the Gospel narratives. Was it a fair exchange, the land for the Lord? The destruction of Indian people for the establishment of America? I might never have known about Persia, or heard Artur Rubinstein play the piano. I would never have seen the paintings of Frederick Church, Kaspar Friedrich, nor the eyes of Diane Von Furstenberg. But the Pilgrims came. Yet I can’t ignore the outrageous tragedy of Indian history. I can’t accept the treachery, and murderous, steam-rolling aggressions of...

Why an Indian Needs Christopher ColumbusBy David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | October 10, 2003 I wanted to lead the New York City Columbus parade this year, October 13th, 2003.   As a Comanche Indian, I thought I could touch up our savage image a bit, and reconcile the offenses other Indians have caused the Italian-Americans in recent years.  It would be a national reconciliation, I thought. Comanche Indians were not known for kindness to strangers, but other Indians were, especially the Taino, who first met Columbus on the Caribbean Islands and the Wampanoag, who saved the Pilgrims on the coast of New...

By David Yeagley I don’t understand why American Indian activists have focused on Christopher Columbus as the symbol of all ill that has befallen Indians of the Americas. It’s a catchy, indigenous trend, and now even Mexicans are complaining about Columbus as they try to identify with “American” Indians. Mexicans joined American Indians in Denver, back in 1992, along with American Negroes and even Koreans, A clear and severe case of anti-white racism and anti-American, anti-Western ideology. What a glorious inflammation of ill-defined culture ego this crowd must have felt. The Mexican protest against Columbus has developed in recent years....

Casinos are bringing billions of dollars to Indian tribes. Yet reservation Indians don’t pay taxes. To most Americans, Indians seem to have an “unfair advantage.” Naïve and ironic as this accusation seems to us Indians, who once lost our whole world, it represents a national, negative sentiment that threatens Indian tribal status altogether. I predict that casinos will cause Indians to lose our tribal status. Casinos will cause Indians to lose our reservations. Casinos will finally cause Indians to lose even our genetic identity through forced assimilation. Casinos will destroy Indians. Indians have mocked my concern. Those with casino connections,...

by David A. Yeagley When David Horowitz called foul on Ann Coulter’s Treason for categorizing all liberals as anti-American, he identified a cultural trend which may effect the outcome of word wars in American politics. That dangerous trend is called “ideological prejudice.” Horowitz denounces ideological prejudice as something as unfair, unkind, and unjust as racial prejudice. One simply cannot call all liberals and Democrats anti-American, and thus deny anyone wearing those labels the universally coveted status of “patriot.” An American-loving patriot is a label that should be accessible to all. It may be, in a sense, a label up for...

This day, I declare myself independent of the slavery of revenge, the drudgery of historical justice, and the blindness of useless hate. This day, I declare myself strong enough, free enough, brave enough, to admire my enemy, to honor the great, and to salute the strong, whoever they may be. This day, I declare myself an American Indian who looks to the future, who faces the wind, not turning my back on it, not driven by the abject passions of vengeance, not hopelessly victimized by circumstances, not endlessly agonizing over what has been lost. This day, I declare my vision...

By David Yeagley “Children should be seen and not heard,” is the old adage, but Kyle Williams is quickly becoming both. He’s going to New York this week to be on national radio and television. If fourteen-year-old Kyle isn’t the pride and joy of Oklahoma, he soon will be. The exceptional youngster represents everything a society could want, and everything America could hope for. How did this young boy from Guthrie, Oklahoma become seen and heard, when other youth are not considered worth listening to? How did he rise to the level of national attention? He started writing for WorldNetDaily.com...

By David Yeagley Is there a reason for race? We humans come in several varieties. Why? Is one better than another? What is the real function of race? I developed a course called “Psychology of Race” in 1997 for Oklahoma State University-OKC. It was a 2000-level course, designed to account for the existence of race and thereby to understand its purpose. I surveyed creation myths of the different cultures in the world, and also considered the basic scientific version of natural origins. I presented evolution as just the latest theory of origins. I thought logic suggested those humans who lived...

The White Woman Savior By David Yeagley Some white women feel they own American Indians. In their hearts they feel responsible for Indians, and see them as poor and needy children whom they must love and save. But is the beautiful white women savior really helping Indians today? She’s certainly different from her historical counterpart. She’s on the same mission to save the “dusky heathen” through her superior social and racial status. But she doesn’t bring the Bible and Christian education with her any more, like she did in Edwin H. Blashfield’s “Spirit of the West,” the famous historical mural...

Why Communism Loves IndiansBy David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | April 22, 2003 Communism is the religion of envy. It says, “I want what you have. If you have a Cadillac, and I don’t, you have denied me, you have wronged me, and you owe me.” In the case of the American Indian, it’s “I want what you took from me—the land!”  That works just as well.   Never mind that Indians fought and lost.  America “wronged” the Indian.  Communism is the religion of hate. It says, “You have made me suffer. I will therefore violently take from you whatever you have that I...

By David Yeagley Communism is the religion of envy. It says, “I want what you have. If you have a Cadillac, and I don’t, you have denied me, you have wronged me, and you owe me.” Communism is the religion of hate. It says, “You have deprived me, and made me suffer. I will therefore violently take from you whatever you have that I want. You took it from me in the first place.” Communism misuses words. It deceives people into believing envy is justice. In Communism, “justice” means I have a right to have whatever you have. “Equality” means...

By David Yeagley PFC Lori Piestewa, 22, was among the first United States military personnel to be missing in action. As of March 28, there’s no sure word whether she’s held captive or was killed. The first report, March 23, gave little identity of the American soldiers captured, but only the facts of their predicament. Part of a supply convoy, the 507th Maintenance Division, made a wrong turn near An Nasiriyah, and was attacked. The next day, March 24, a report in the Arizona Sun pictured Lori, but didn’t note her obvious ethnicity. “It’s an Indian girl!” I shouted, when...

By David Yeagley I’m suing Michael Savage for using my name. I’m the American Indian. I’m the savage. I’m offended by his use of my Indian name. I’m offended by this obvious commercial rip-off of our sacred Indian cultural identity. How dare him! Everyone knows that the sole reason for his coruscant success is the single word “savage.” Everyone knows that without this incredible, powerful word, without this time-honored token of strength and manliness, Michael Weiner would be nothing. Michael Weiner-as-Savage has literally exploded in the media in just over two years. His radio show is one of the most...

"IF COLORADO had a high school team named the Niwot N-ggers, with a big-lipped spear-chucker as a mascot, we all know that African-American groups would demand that the school change the name," writes Denver Post columnist Reggie Rivers. It is therefore astonishing, concludes Rivers, that some people still defend team names such as "Braves," "Warriors" " and "Renegades" – names that are just as insulting to American Indians as Niwot N-ggers would be to blacks. With these words, Rivers accidentally stumbled upon the unspoken question looming behind the great team mascot debate: Why don’t we have any sports teams named...