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Churchill scholar statements
By Bruce Johansen
The present controversy has focused on only a tiny fraction of Prof.
Churchill's work. I have read some of his books, and find them to be
well-argued and intensively documented in a scholarly manner.
He occasionally has referenced my work, and he has done so properly.
I realize that some of what he has written has incited controversy.
I believe that engagement in controversy is proper for a scholar;
any line between "activism" and "scholarship" is artificial.
In my work I have advanced ideas regarding the role of the Iroquois
Confederacy in the evolution of democracy that have become the object
of intense scrutiny and intense controversy. Controversy and activism
are necessary ingredients in the contest of ideas on which the academy
should be based.
