Few people realize that Hitler's genocidal policies in Europe were influenced by the U.S.' treatment of Native Americans. An essential component of genocide is to denigrate and dehumanize the target group. Indians were defined by their conquerors as "sub-human beasts of burden." Germany has accepted its responsibility. In North America, by contrast, no such admission has occurred. The denial of history, with few exceptions, continues. Interview.

Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill is professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a prolific author. Among his many books are Fantasies of the Master Race, Struggle for the Land, Indians Are Us? and A Little Matter of Genocide. Churchill recently made national headlines when he resigned from his position as Chairman of Ethnic Studies department due to increasing public outcry against the contents of an essay from his book, "Some People Push Back: On The Justice Of Roosting Chickens."