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| Affiliation | Libertarian |
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2012-03-01 |
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| Name | Russell Means |
| Address |
Black Hills, South Dakota , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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November 10, 1939
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| Died | October 22, 2012
(72 years)
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| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Jul 04, 2016 01:42am |
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Native American - Married - Cancer -
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| Info | Russell Means was born November 10, 1939 on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near the Black Hills of South Dakota. In the late 60s, Means began his fight for Indian rights with the "American Indian Movement" (AIM). He became the first national director of AIM and has remained active in the movement for the past 27 years.
In 1964, Means was among the Indian activists including his father "Hank Means," who occupied San Francisco's Alcatraz Island in an AIM-led protest lasting 19 months. In 1973, Means helped lead the AIM take over of Wounded Knee. In occupying this site of a 1890s massacre of Indians by US cavalry, AIM was attempting to regain lands granted to the Lakota in the 1868 Laramie treaty. Both events brought worldwide attention to the injustices and privation faced by American Indians past and present.
As an actor, Means has appeared in such films as "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992), "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and provided the voice of "Powhatan" in Disney's "Pocahontas" (1995). St. Martin's Press published Mean's autobiography, "Where White Men Fear to Tread," in 1995.
Means and his wife Pearl are currently building "Treaty Total Immersion School" on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Through "total immersion" in the Lakota way of life, children will be instilled with the pride and confidence to face any challenge.
Means is currently selling a series of limited edition prints of his original art to benefit the Total Immersion School, a 501(c)3 entity. This series, called "The Indian Killers," includes the following paintings:
* General Armstrong Custer (1839-1876)
* Christobal Colon, AKA Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
* George Washington (1732-1799)
* Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888)
* Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
* Christopher ("Kit) Carson (1809-1868)
* Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
* David ("Davy") Crockett (1786-1836)
* Reverend J.M. Chivington (1820-1894)
* Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
* General George Cook (1828-1890)
* Father Junipero Serra (1713-1784)
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Contributor |
| Oct 22, 2012 09:25am |
Obituary |
Russell Means, Indian activist, actor, dies at 72
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
| Aug 18, 2011 10:55pm |
General |
Activist Russell Means fighting esophageal cancer
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Article |
Miro |
| Sep 21, 2006 04:00pm |
News |
(Russell) Means could face local charges
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
| Dec 02, 2004 12:00am |
News |
Russell Means Sues After Losing Sioux Race
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
| Nov 04, 2004 12:00am |
News |
Woman defeats Russell Means in Pine Ridge race
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
| Oct 25, 2004 12:00am |
Endorsement |
Means endorses Nader for president
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
| Oct 08, 2004 12:00am |
News |
Means wins tribe primary election
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
| Sep 24, 2004 12:00am |
Election Guide |
Tribes in midst of election activity
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Article |
Thomas Walker |
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