 The schism continued , with the national <unk> leadership claiming that the local <unk> leaders , such as Churchill , are tools of the U.S. government used against other American Indians . The leaders of the national <unk> organization , now called <unk> Grand <unk> Council , claim that Churchill has worked in the past as an underground counter @-@ intelligence source for the U.S. government , for example the FBI , and local , non @-@ Indian , police forces , to <unk> the national <unk> organization . Specifically , they refer to a 1993 Boulder , Colorado interview with <unk> <unk> , a former columnist for the Denver Post , in which Churchill stated that he " was teaching the Rapid City Police Department about the American Indian Movement . " In addition , Vernon <unk> accused Churchill of having ' <unk> represented himself as an Indian ' to bolster his credentials . <unk> said he complained to the University of Colorado about this as early as 1986 . 
