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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
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Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 1 of 2 Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 1 of 2
Date: 7/30/2004Call Number: KP 205Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
A panel discussion on political prisoners, hosted by Linda Evans at AK Press. Features lectures by Chesa Boudin, Maria Poblet, and Ward Churchill. Chesa Boudin, son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert who were members of the Revolutionary Armed Task Force discusses Gilbert's book No Surrender. Poblet reads poetry, and Churchill speaks on Leonard Peliter.
Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 2 of 2 Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 2 of 2
Date: 7/30/2004Call Number: KP 206Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
In part Part Two (Part One is KP 205) of a panel discussion on political prisoners Maria Poblet, Chesa Boudin, and Ward Churchill answer audience questions at a lecture series for political prisoners.
Ward Churchill and Natsu Saito Uncut! Tape 1 0f 2 Ward Churchill and Natsu Saito Uncut! Tape 1 0f 2
Date: 3/25/2005Call Number: KP 207Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
Ward Churchill Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado gives a speech, primarily to discuss the controversy swirling around him, but also to promote his book On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality. The first of these speeches took place on the evening of March 25 at The Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission District. Churchill's wife and fellow professor Natsu Saito gives a short speech preceding Churchill's.
Ward Churchill Ward Churchill
Date: 3/25/2005Call Number: KP 209BFormat: Cass BCollection: Native Americans
Ward Churchill Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado speaks at the anarchist book fair. Churchill discusses the controversy swirling around him, and promotes his book On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality. Churchill compares Americans to Nazi's. He also discusses Iraqi victims of the war, right-wing conservative government control, and U.S. government perpetrated genocide.
Human Rights Violations and Landrights of Native American Nations in United States: The Case of the Western Shoshone Human Rights Violations and Landrights of Native American Nations in United States: The Case of the Western Shoshone
Publisher: American Indian MovementFormat: ReportCollection: Native Americans
A report on the Western Shoshone tribe and their resistance of the invasion of their lands. Also contains information the struggle to retain their landrights