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Means wins tribe primary election
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Oct 08, 2004 04:01pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Rapid City Journal |
| News Date | Friday, October 8, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PINE RIDGE - Russell Means won the first round in a landslide victory Tuesday out of a field of 13 candidates vying for tribal president of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Means was a clear winner of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's primary race. With 917 votes, he garnered more than twice the support received by incumbent President John Yellow Bird Steele, who got 413 votes for a fourth-place finish.
Citing concerns about people leaving the land to resettle in urban areas, Means said he wants to stanch the flow of American Indians off the reservation and build bonds with South Dakota and surrounding states.
"When I become president of the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation, I plan to work with governors of South Dakota and Nebraska to begin with and then, hopefully, North Dakota," he said. "Of the nine Sioux Indian reservations, we are the last place left for investment."
Two years ago, Means lost to Steele, who went on to serve his fourth term as president. This is Means' third run for president and his second primary victory. His first primary victory was in 1974, when he opposed Dick Wilson.
According to unofficial primary results Tuesday, Means and Cecilia Fire Thunder of Martin will battle for the president's office in the Nov. 2 general election.
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