Means at the Illinois Libertarian Party convention in Chicago, Illinois, at the time he was running for the Libertarian Party nomination for president in 1988
Born
Russell Charles Means
(1939-11-10)November 10, 1939
Porcupine, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, U.S.
Died
October 22, 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 72)
Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Resting place
Cremains scattered at the Black Hills
Nationality
Oglala Sioux American
Occupations
Activist
actor
musician
politician
writer
Years active
1968–2012
Political party
Libertarian (1988–2012)
Other political affiliations
American Indian Movement (1968–1988)
Spouse
Pearl Means
(m. 1999)
Children
10, including Tatanka Means[a]
Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968 and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media coverage.
Means was active in international issues of indigenous peoples, including working with groups in Central and South America and with the United Nations for recognition of their rights. He was active in politics at his native Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and at the state and national level.
Beginning an acting career in 1992, he appeared on numerous television series and in several films, including The Last of the Mohicans and Pocahontas and released his own music CD. Means published his autobiography Where White Men Fear to Tread in 1995.
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Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist...
Calendar, which he also helped market. Tatanka Means is one of ten children of activist RussellMeans (Oglala Lakota) and his wife. His father as a young...
injustice related to Natives. Afterward AIM leaders Dennis Banks and RussellMeans were indicted on charges related to the events, but their 1974 case...
Brulé. Activists from the late twentieth century to present include RussellMeans (Oglála). Siouan language speakers may have originated in the lower...
ISBN 978-0140144567. OCLC 25313752. Means, Russell (1995). Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of RussellMeans. Wolf, Marvin J. (1st ed.). New...
January 31, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2018. "RussellMeans Interview with Dan Skye of High Times". RussellMeans Freedom. Archived from the original on July...
Spirit is known as Wakan Tanka in Lakota, According to Lakota activist RussellMeans, a more semantically accurate translation of Wakan Tanka is the Great...
against the spirit of Crazy Horse." In a 2001 interview, Lakota activist RussellMeans said: "Imagine going to the holy land in Israel, whether you're a Christian...
Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of RussellMeans is the autobiography of Oglala Lakota activist RussellMeans. Published in 1995 and written in collaboration...
Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, RussellMeans, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, and the voices of Eddie Glen and...
Group, 2007. ISBN 0313347794 pg 35. Means, Robert. Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of RussellMeans. Macmillan, 1995. ISBN 0312147619 pg...
Pride. Cummings would later be hired as the singing double for both RussellMeans as Chief Powhatan and Gordon Tootoosis as Kekata in Pocahontas, and...
an independent nation of the Lakota was advanced in 2007 by activist RussellMeans and the Lakota Freedom Movement. The suggested territory would be an...
entities whose ways were mysterious: thus, "The Great Mystery". Activist RussellMeans also promoted the translation "Great Mystery" and the view that Lakota...
played by Frank Kaquitts Buffalo Girls (1995 miniseries), played by RussellMeans Heritage Minute: Sitting Bull (Canadian 60-second short film), played...
as Ed Wilson Edie McClurg as Mrs. Wilson Sean Stone as Kevin Wilson RussellMeans as Old Indian Man Lanny Flaherty as Earl Evan Handler as David Balthazar...
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and public...
TBS edition) (Dr. Becker (Anthony Nicholls)) Pathfinder (Pathfinder (RussellMeans)) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Governor Weatherby...
Kunuk, Clint Eastwood, Adam Beach, Jim Jarmusch, Robbie Robertson, RussellMeans, Wes Studi, and scholars Angela Aleiss and Melinda Micco, and film critic...
Switzerland. Some Indigenous activists and public figures, such as RussellMeans (Oglala Lakota), have preferred "American Indian" to the more recently...
appeared in WindRunner: A Spirited Journey, starring Margot Kidder and RussellMeans as Jim Thorpe's ghost. In 1997, Casella played Timon in the original...
was arranged between Wilson and RussellMeans. Five of Wilson's supporters cornered Means in the parking lot. Means escaped. Women elders such as Ellen...
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