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You asked:

"What is your position regarding him?"

I strongly disagree with statements like this:

found at: http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/s11/churchill.html

"As to those in the World Trade Center . . .

Well, really. Let's get a grip here, shall we? True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme a break. They formed a technocratic corps at the very heart of America's global financial empire – the "mighty engine of profit" to which the military dimension of U.S. policy has always been enslaved – and they did so both willingly and knowingly. Recourse to "ignorance" – a derivative, after all, of the word "ignore" – counts as less than an excuse among this relatively well-educated elite. To the extent that any of them were unaware of the costs and consequences to others of what they were involved in – and in many cases excelling at – it was because of their absolute refusal to see. More likely, it was because they were too busy braying, incessantly and self-importantly, into their cell phones, arranging power lunches and stock transactions, each of which translated, conveniently out of sight, mind and smelling distance, into the starved and rotting flesh of infants. If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it."

Civilians of a sort? He is wrong.

He is also wrong to pass himself off as a member of the Keetoowah Band and use that falsehood to legitimize his arguments.

Here's what the American Indian Movement told him (and the University of Colorado) in 1993 (these are images of the pages of a fairly long letter):

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_Morris11_24_93.jpg

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_MorrisLtr2.jpg

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_MorrisLtr3.jpg

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_MorrisLtr4.jpg

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_MorrisLtr5.jpg

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_MorrisLtr6.jpg

http://www.aimovement.org/csi/LettersWeb/Churchill_MorrisLtr7.jpg

This letter gives a bit of history, but it is interesting in that the American Indian Movement was very clear on page 7. Churchill and Glenn Morris (then Department of Political Science at U Colorado) were expelled from AIM and directed (in bold) to refrain from disrupting the Indian Movement. Or on page 5, "You, Mr. Churchill, after a period of time, which you declared yourself a member of various Indian groups including Creek/Cherokee, now identify yourself as Creek/Cherokee and Metis. To the knowledge of most Indian people, you are the first to declare yourself "Metis" here in the U.S." No mention of the Keetoowah back in 1993. The Keetoowah connection (or lack thereof) has been discussed on another thread here.

I see him as having some flaws. He is, of course, entitled to his opinion. I don't agree with him and I don't want my state tax dollars providing support for him or his views. On 1 March he is scheduled to participate in a day long "Native Pride Day" at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (a state school). I don't believe he's a member of a tribe or band and on that basis (on which he promotes himself) should not appear there.