 has , however , received support from some scholars .   From a Native Son : Selected Essays on Indigenism , 1985 – 1995 ( 1996 ) is a collection of 23 previously published essays on Native American history , culture , and political activism . In his introduction to this volume , Howard Zinn lauds " the emergence of a new generation of Native @-@ American scholars " and describes Churchill 's writing as " powerful , eloquent , unsparing of cant and deception " .   Churchill 's A Little Matter of Genocide ( 1997 ) is a survey of ethnic cleansing in the Americas from 1492 to the present . He compares the treatment of North American Indians to historical instances of genocide by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia , Turks against Armenians , and Europeans against the Gypsies , as well as Nazis against the Poles and Jews .   In Perversions of Justice ( 2002 ) , Churchill argues that the U.S. ' s legal system was adapted to gain control over Native American people . Tracing the evolution of federal Indian law , Churchill argues that the principles set forth were not only applied to non @-@ Indians in the U.S. , but later adapted for application abroad . He concludes that this demonstrates the development of the U.S. ' s " imperial logic , " which depends on a " corrupt form of legalism " to establish colonial control and empire .   Churchill 's controversial essay on 9 / 11 was expanded into a book @-@ length manuscript , published as On the Justice of Roosting Chickens : Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality ( 2003 ) by AK Press . The book features two other chapters , one listing US military interventions , another listing what Churchill believes to be US violations of international law . The original essay takes the " roosting chickens " of the title from a 1963 Malcolm X speech , in which Malcolm X linked the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy to the violence which Kennedy perpetuated as " merely a case of chickens coming home to roost . " Churchill 's essays in this book address the worldwide forms of resistance that he posits were and continue to be provoked by U.S. imperialism of the 20th and 21st centuries .   In Kill the Indian , Save the Man : The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools ( 2004 ) , Churchill traces the history of removing American Indian children from their homes to residential schools ( in Canada ) or Indian boarding schools ( in the USA ) as part of government policies ( 1880s – 1980s ) which he regards as genocidal .   = = Activism on Native American issues = =   Churchill has been active since at least 1984 as the co @-@ director of the Denver @-@ based American Indian Movement of Colorado , now an autonomous chapter of the American Indian Movement . In 1993 , he and other local AIM leaders , including Russell Means , Glenn T. Morris , Robert Robideau , and David Hill , broke with the national AIM leadership , including Dennis Banks and the brothers Vernon and Clyde Bellecourt , claiming that all AIM chapters are autonomous . The AIM Grand Governing Council is based in Minneapolis and retains the name of the national group . It says that the schism arose when Means , Churchill , Glenn T. Morris and others openly supported the Miskito Indian group Misurasata , who were allied with the anti @-@ revolutionary , CIA @-@ backed Contras .   Journalists such as Harlan McKosato attributed the split to Means and other AIM members dividing over opposition to the Bellecourt brothers because of their alleged involvement in the execution of Anna Mae Aquash in December 1975 , who was then the highest @-@ ranking woman in AIM but had been suspected of being an informant . It was a year in which other FBI informants had been discovered in AIM . On November 3 , 1999 , Means held a press conference in Denver , Colorado in which he accused the Bellecourt brothers of complicity in Aquash 's death , and named three lower @-@ level AIM members involved in her death : Arlo Looking Cloud , John Graham , and Theda Nelson Clark . This was the first time that an AIM leader active at the time of the Aquash murder had publicly accused AIM of having been involved .   Looking Cloud and Graham were convicted of murder in 2004 and 2010 , by federal and South Dakota state juries , respectively . By then Clark was being cared for in a nursing home and was not indicted . Means attributed the split in AIM to divisions in the aftermath of Aquash 's murder . The journalist Harlan McKosato said in 1999 , " ... her [ Aquash 's ] death has divided the American Indian Movement ... "   The schism continued , with the national AIM leadership claiming that the local AIM leaders , such as Churchill , are tools of the U.S. government used against other American Indians . The leaders
Ġhas Ġ, Ġhowever Ġ, Ġreceived Ġsupport Ġfrom Ġsome Ġscholars Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠFrom Ġa ĠNative ĠSon Ġ: ĠSelected ĠEss ays Ġon ĠInd igen ism Ġ, Ġ1985 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1995 Ġ( Ġ1996 Ġ) Ġis Ġa Ġcollection Ġof Ġ23 Ġpreviously Ġpublished Ġessays Ġon ĠNative ĠAmerican Ġhistory Ġ, Ġculture Ġ, Ġand Ġpolitical Ġactivism Ġ. ĠIn Ġhis Ġintroduction Ġto Ġthis Ġvolume Ġ, ĠHoward ĠZ inn Ġlaud s Ġ" Ġthe Ġemergence Ġof Ġa Ġnew Ġgeneration Ġof ĠNative Ġ@ - @ ĠAmerican Ġscholars Ġ" Ġand Ġdescribes ĠChurchill Ġ' s Ġwriting Ġas Ġ" Ġpowerful Ġ, Ġeloqu ent Ġ, Ġun sp aring Ġof Ġcant Ġand Ġdeception Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠChurchill Ġ' s ĠA ĠLittle ĠMatter Ġof ĠGenocide Ġ( Ġ1997 Ġ) Ġis Ġa Ġsurvey Ġof Ġethnic Ġcleansing Ġin Ġthe ĠAmericas Ġfrom Ġ14 92 Ġto Ġthe Ġpresent Ġ. ĠHe Ġcompares Ġthe Ġtreatment Ġof ĠNorth ĠAmerican ĠIndians Ġto Ġhistorical Ġinstances Ġof Ġgenocide Ġby Ġthe ĠKh mer ĠRouge Ġin ĠCambodia Ġ, ĠTurks Ġagainst ĠArmen ians Ġ, Ġand ĠEuropeans Ġagainst Ġthe ĠGy ps ies Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas ĠNazis Ġagainst Ġthe ĠPoles Ġand ĠJews Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠPer versions Ġof ĠJustice Ġ( Ġ2002 Ġ) Ġ, ĠChurchill Ġargues Ġthat Ġthe ĠU . S . Ġ' Ġs Ġlegal Ġsystem Ġwas Ġadapted Ġto Ġgain Ġcontrol Ġover ĠNative ĠAmerican Ġpeople Ġ. ĠTr acing Ġthe Ġevolution Ġof Ġfederal ĠIndian Ġlaw Ġ, ĠChurchill Ġargues Ġthat Ġthe Ġprinciples Ġset Ġforth Ġwere Ġnot Ġonly Ġapplied Ġto Ġnon Ġ@ - @ ĠIndians Ġin Ġthe ĠU . S . Ġ, Ġbut Ġlater Ġadapted Ġfor Ġapplication Ġabroad Ġ. ĠHe Ġconcludes Ġthat Ġthis Ġdemonstrates Ġthe Ġdevelopment Ġof Ġthe ĠU . S . Ġ' Ġs Ġ" Ġimperial Ġlogic Ġ, Ġ" Ġwhich Ġdepends Ġon Ġa Ġ" Ġcorrupt Ġform Ġof Ġlegal ism Ġ" Ġto Ġestablish Ġcolonial Ġcontrol Ġand Ġempire Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠChurchill Ġ' s Ġcontroversial Ġessay Ġon Ġ9 Ġ/ Ġ11 Ġwas Ġexpanded Ġinto Ġa Ġbook Ġ@ - @ Ġlength Ġmanuscript Ġ, Ġpublished Ġas ĠOn Ġthe ĠJustice Ġof ĠRo ost ing ĠChick ens Ġ: ĠRef lections Ġon Ġthe ĠCon sequ ences Ġof ĠU . S . ĠImperial ĠAr rog ance Ġand ĠCriminal ity Ġ( Ġ2003 Ġ) Ġby ĠAK ĠPress Ġ. ĠThe Ġbook Ġfeatures Ġtwo Ġother Ġchapters Ġ, Ġone Ġlisting ĠUS Ġmilitary Ġinterventions Ġ, Ġanother Ġlisting Ġwhat ĠChurchill Ġbelieves Ġto Ġbe ĠUS Ġviolations Ġof Ġinternational Ġlaw Ġ. ĠThe Ġoriginal Ġessay Ġtakes Ġthe Ġ" Ġro ost ing Ġchickens Ġ" Ġof Ġthe Ġtitle Ġfrom Ġa Ġ1963 ĠMalcolm ĠX Ġspeech Ġ, Ġin Ġwhich ĠMalcolm ĠX Ġlinked Ġthe Ġassassination Ġof ĠU . S . Ġpresident ĠJohn ĠF . ĠKennedy Ġto Ġthe Ġviolence Ġwhich ĠKennedy Ġperpet uated Ġas Ġ" Ġmerely Ġa Ġcase Ġof Ġchickens Ġcoming Ġhome Ġto Ġro ost Ġ. Ġ" ĠChurchill Ġ' s Ġessays Ġin Ġthis Ġbook Ġaddress Ġthe Ġworldwide Ġforms Ġof Ġresistance Ġthat Ġhe Ġpos its Ġwere Ġand Ġcontinue Ġto Ġbe Ġprovoked Ġby ĠU . S . Ġimperialism Ġof Ġthe Ġ20 th Ġand Ġ21 st Ġcenturies Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠKill Ġthe ĠIndian Ġ, ĠSave Ġthe ĠMan Ġ: ĠThe ĠGen oc idal ĠImpact Ġof ĠAmerican ĠIndian ĠResidential ĠSchools Ġ( Ġ2004 Ġ) Ġ, ĠChurchill Ġtraces Ġthe Ġhistory Ġof Ġremoving ĠAmerican ĠIndian Ġchildren Ġfrom Ġtheir Ġhomes Ġto Ġresidential Ġschools Ġ( Ġin ĠCanada Ġ) Ġor ĠIndian Ġboarding Ġschools Ġ( Ġin Ġthe ĠUSA Ġ) Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġgovernment Ġpolicies Ġ( Ġ1880 s ĠâĢĵ Ġ1980 s Ġ) Ġwhich Ġhe Ġregards Ġas Ġgen oc idal Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠActiv ism Ġon ĠNative ĠAmerican Ġissues Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠChurchill Ġhas Ġbeen Ġactive Ġsince Ġat Ġleast Ġ1984 Ġas Ġthe Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġdirector Ġof Ġthe ĠDenver Ġ@ - @ Ġbased ĠAmerican ĠIndian ĠMovement Ġof ĠColorado Ġ, Ġnow Ġan Ġautonomous Ġchapter Ġof Ġthe ĠAmerican ĠIndian ĠMovement Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1993 Ġ, Ġhe Ġand Ġother Ġlocal ĠA IM Ġleaders Ġ, Ġincluding ĠRussell ĠMeans Ġ, ĠGlenn ĠT . ĠMorris Ġ, ĠRobert ĠRob ide au Ġ, Ġand ĠDavid ĠHill Ġ, Ġbroke Ġwith Ġthe Ġnational ĠA IM Ġleadership Ġ, Ġincluding ĠDennis ĠBanks Ġand Ġthe Ġbrothers ĠVernon Ġand ĠClyde ĠBelle court Ġ, Ġclaiming Ġthat Ġall ĠA IM Ġchapters Ġare Ġautonomous Ġ. ĠThe ĠA IM ĠGrand ĠGo verning ĠCouncil Ġis Ġbased Ġin ĠMinneapolis Ġand Ġretains Ġthe Ġname Ġof Ġthe Ġnational Ġgroup Ġ. ĠIt Ġsays Ġthat Ġthe Ġsch ism Ġarose Ġwhen ĠMeans Ġ, ĠChurchill Ġ, ĠGlenn ĠT . ĠMorris Ġand Ġothers Ġopenly Ġsupported Ġthe ĠM isk ito ĠIndian Ġgroup ĠMis uras ata Ġ, Ġwho Ġwere Ġallied Ġwith Ġthe Ġanti Ġ@ - @ Ġrevolutionary Ġ, ĠCIA Ġ@ - @ Ġbacked ĠCont ras Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJournalists Ġsuch Ġas ĠHar lan ĠMcK os ato Ġattributed Ġthe Ġsplit Ġto ĠMeans Ġand Ġother ĠA IM Ġmembers Ġdividing Ġover Ġopposition Ġto Ġthe ĠBelle court Ġbrothers Ġbecause Ġof Ġtheir Ġalleged Ġinvolvement Ġin Ġthe Ġexecution Ġof ĠAnna ĠMae ĠAqu ash Ġin ĠDecember Ġ1975 Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġthen Ġthe Ġhighest Ġ@ - @ Ġranking Ġwoman Ġin ĠA IM Ġbut Ġhad Ġbeen Ġsuspected Ġof Ġbeing Ġan Ġinformant Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġa Ġyear Ġin Ġwhich Ġother ĠFBI Ġinformants Ġhad Ġbeen Ġdiscovered Ġin ĠA IM Ġ. ĠOn ĠNovember Ġ3 Ġ, Ġ1999 Ġ, ĠMeans Ġheld Ġa Ġpress Ġconference Ġin ĠDenver Ġ, ĠColorado Ġin Ġwhich Ġhe Ġaccused Ġthe ĠBelle court Ġbrothers Ġof Ġcomplicity Ġin ĠAqu ash Ġ' s Ġdeath Ġ, Ġand Ġnamed Ġthree Ġlower Ġ@ - @ Ġlevel ĠA IM Ġmembers Ġinvolved Ġin Ġher Ġdeath Ġ: ĠAr lo ĠLooking ĠCloud Ġ, ĠJohn ĠGraham Ġ, Ġand ĠThe da ĠNelson ĠClark Ġ. ĠThis Ġwas Ġthe Ġfirst Ġtime Ġthat Ġan ĠA IM Ġleader Ġactive Ġat Ġthe Ġtime Ġof Ġthe ĠAqu ash Ġmurder Ġhad Ġpublicly Ġaccused ĠA IM Ġof Ġhaving Ġbeen Ġinvolved Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠLooking ĠCloud Ġand ĠGraham Ġwere Ġconvicted Ġof Ġmurder Ġin Ġ2004 Ġand Ġ2010 Ġ, Ġby Ġfederal Ġand ĠSouth ĠDakota Ġstate Ġj uries Ġ, Ġrespectively Ġ. ĠBy Ġthen ĠClark Ġwas Ġbeing Ġcared Ġfor Ġin Ġa Ġnursing Ġhome Ġand Ġwas Ġnot Ġindicted Ġ. ĠMeans Ġattributed Ġthe Ġsplit Ġin ĠA IM Ġto Ġdivisions Ġin Ġthe Ġaftermath Ġof ĠAqu ash Ġ' s Ġmurder Ġ. ĠThe Ġjournalist ĠHar lan ĠMcK os ato Ġsaid Ġin Ġ1999 Ġ, Ġ" Ġ... Ġher Ġ[ ĠAqu ash Ġ' s Ġ] Ġdeath Ġhas Ġdivided Ġthe ĠAmerican ĠIndian ĠMovement Ġ... Ġ" Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġsch ism Ġcontinued Ġ, Ġwith Ġthe Ġnational ĠA IM Ġleadership Ġclaiming Ġthat Ġthe Ġlocal ĠA IM Ġleaders Ġ, Ġsuch Ġas ĠChurchill Ġ, Ġare Ġtools Ġof Ġthe ĠU . S . Ġgovernment Ġused Ġagainst Ġother ĠAmerican ĠIndians Ġ. ĠThe Ġleaders