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Governing
February 2, 2018
One of the potential Democratic candidates, though, has an intriguing background: Tatewin Means is a former attorney general of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and daughter of the late American Indian activist Russell Means. Likely Republican. South Carolina AG Alan Wilson (R). While Wilson has more than $1ÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
January 31, 2018
In 1972, Russell Means, an American Indian Movement leader, launched a lawsuit against the team over the logo which ended in 1985 with a $35,000 settlement, said Roche. Means, who died in 2012, also cursed the Cleveland team, which hasn't won a World Series since 1948, he said. Robert Roche, aÃÂ ...
Lincoln Journal Star
January 9, 2018
He spoke of Wounded Knee and Russell Means, along with countless others who have died without resolve. Exacerbating his point was the recent death of Sherry Wounded Foot, a Lakota woman who was found unconscious on the streets of Whiteclay a month prior. Local law enforcement claimed sheÃÂ ...
Daily Republic
January 3, 2018
So did people like Russell Means and other activists. So did many people who disagreed with the activists. No one Indian spoke for all Indians. When any of them talked about treaties or reservations or history, I'd research to understand and verify what they said. Sometimes I'd find disagreement, and I'dÃÂ ...
HuffPost
December 20, 2017
There was recently a mean-spirited article questioning whether or not the dearly departed Russell Means was Oglala or not. The article repeated a lot of gossip and innuendo and presented it as fact in a way that had a very obvious agenda: smear. Discredit. Dishonor. I won't cite the article; if anyone wantsÃÂ ...
Consortium News
November 4, 2017
The Feds charged Banks and another AIM leader, Russell Means, with conspiracy and other offenses related to the siege. The charges were ultimately dismissed. I spoke with Russell's brother and AIM co-founder Bill Means, following Banks' passing. Dennis Bernstein: We are so sorry to hear about theÃÂ ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 30, 2017
Banks and fellow AIM activist Russell Means were charged in 1974 for their roles in the uprising. After a trial in federal court in St. Paul that lasted ... out the charges on grounds of government misconduct. Bill Means, Russell Means' brother, said the two activists helped craft their defense with their lawyers.
New York Times
October 30, 2017
Mr. Banks and his Oglala Sioux compatriot Russell Means were by the mid-1970s perhaps the nation's best-known Native Americans since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, who led the attack that crushed the cavalry forces of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the MontanaÃÂ ...
MuckRock
July 19, 2017
Russell Means was a seminal figure in Indigenous politics for decades, rising to the rank of National Director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1970. His 178 page FBI file, however, only includes records regarding one incident Means was involved in - the occupation of Wounded Knee,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 22, 2012
Russell C. Means , the charismatic Oglala Sioux who helped revive the warrior image of the American Indian in the 1970s with guerrilla-tactic protests that called attention to the nation's history of injustices against its indigenous peoples, died on Monday at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine RidgeÃÂ ...
Baltimore City Paper
September 20, 2017
The late Russell Means of the American Indian Movement once called Churchill “a full-blooded Indian leader.” You can ask questions. The truthÃÂ ...
Lincoln Journal Star
September 11, 2017
... to Camp Whiteclay Justice to memorialize those murdered at Whiteclay in the last two decades and to remember Russell Means, Chief OliverÃÂ ...
The University Daily Kansan
September 10, 2017
... two decades ago, which led to a friendship with the late Ogalala Lakota activist Russell Means and other prominent Native American figures.
PennLive.com
September 7, 2017
Being ready, according to Russell, means checking to make sure generators are functional and that areas do not drain well are free of anyÃÂ ...
DailyO
August 31, 2017
In 1980s, at an international survival gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation, a member of the Ogalala Lakota tribe, Russell MeansÃÂ ...
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
August 31, 2017
Just when it looked like the Cubs were on the verge of getting their All-Star shortstop back for a September sprint toward the playoffs, AddisonÃÂ ...
Valley Center Happenings
August 24, 2017
Viola is survived by her devoted husband of 66 years, Wesley, of Valley Center, CA; son, Gary Means of Weatherford; son, Russell Means, andÃÂ ...
MuckRock
July 19, 2017
Russell Means was a seminal figure in Indigenous politics for decades, rising to the rank of National Director of the American Indian MovementÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 22, 2012
Russell attended public schools in Vallejo and San Leandro High School, where he faced racial taunts, had poor grades and barely graduatedÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
March 11, 2017
Men drink beer on the streets of Whiteclay, Nebraska, on Wednesday, March 1. The population of Whiteclay is only 12, but the town's four liquor stores, which only sell beer, bring large crowds from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, just across theÃÂ ...
TIME
February 24, 2017
Though only a couple of the movies up for the Best Picture prize at this Sunday's Academy Awards are based on a true story from history, real events have long been fodder for Oscar-friendly films.
Tulsa World (blog)
February 20, 2017
They wanted to take what they felt were the Dennis Banks and the Russell Means, etc., etc., out of Wounded Knee in put them in some place like Guantanamo Bay where you would never hear from them again.
Bemidji Pioneer
February 19, 2017
Russell Means, was an early activist and leader of the American Indian Movement, which formed in the late 1960's with the goal of establishing sovereignty for indigenous tribes.
Cinematographe
February 15, 2017
Una figura intermediara, messianica ma, manco a dirlo, inadatta al ruolo prepostogli. Interpetato da Russell Means, che ricorderete sicuramente nel film cult L'ultimo dei mohicani, anche se siamo lontani, lontanissimi, dagli standard attoriali di ...
13WMAZ.com
February 9, 2017
But many American Indians, including Russell Means, the Lakota activist and founder of the American Indian Movement, favors Indian over Native American.
Mother Jones
February 7, 2017
(One of the group's founders represented Russell Means and Dennis Banks after their 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee.) Ellison still didn't shy away from controversy.
freshwatercleveland
February 1, 2017
In the '70s, Native American activist Russell Means opened the Cleveland American Indian Center in the church's basement.
EW.com (blog)
January 30, 2017
"My broken heart goes out to the innocent lives of Muslim refugees that are trying to escape terror and find safety for their families," the Oscar winner wrote on Facebook.
Polson Lake County Leader
January 20, 2017
PABLO - In recognition of the holiday celebrating one the country's most revered civil rights leaders, students and faculty at the Salish Kootenai College took time to learn about the iconic American Indian activist Russell Means. Part of the school's ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 17, 2017
Leventhal joined attorneys William Kunstler, Mark Lane, Ken Tilsen and Doug Hall in representing Dennis Banks and Russell Means in a nine-month federal trial in St. Paul for their leadership role at Wounded Knee. His primary job was to argue that theÃÂ ...
CounterCurrents.org
December 12, 2016
Going back to struggles, activists of the past such as John Trudell or Russell Means were quite articulate about the connections between capitalism and the oppressions of minorities.
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
December 11, 2016
... Ojibwe co-founder of the American Indian Movement, recalls the organization's birth in Minneapolis, its struggles and successes in bringing housing, jobs and dignity to urban Indians, and his relationships with other founders such as Russell Means ...
Yahoo Music
December 5, 2016
Nataanii Means, an Oglala Sioux and Navajo hip-hop artist and son of prominent American Indian activist Russell Means, has been supporting the #NoDAPL movement on the front lines since August.
Ledger Independent
November 10, 2016
Contest judges said Hankinson's photo "creates the feeling of warmth and welcoming with a touch of nostalgia that epitomizes what the Russell means to Maysville." "We would like to congratulate all the entrants for their beautiful and creative ...
KYMA
November 9, 2016
1939: American Oglala Sioux activist and actor Russell Means, who appeared in numerous films, including "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Natural Born Killers," is born in Shannon, South Dakota.
The Times Telegram
November 7, 2016
In the spring of 1973 some 200 Oglala Lakota members of the American Indian Movement led by Russell Means and Dennis Banks hunkered down at Wounded Knee and began a protest which drew worldwide attention.
Indian Country Today Media Network
November 6, 2016
Perhaps, reported Ed Rice, the Cleveland Indians lost because of the curse that Russell Means had put on them in the 1970s.
Cleveland Scene Weekly
November 4, 2016
"[Russell Means'] curse specifically directs that the team make it to the seventh game of the World Series, with a 3-run lead, and lose on a walk-off grand slam home run on the very last pitch thrown.
Indian Country Today Media Network
November 3, 2016
Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs, who just beat the 108-year-old dry spell by winning the World Series against the Cleveland Indians 8-7.
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
November 2, 2016
... $27.95), he tells the truth about his stints in prisons, the founding of AIM, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's attempts to take them out for causing political dissent, and his relationship with other AIM founders such as Russell Means and Eddie ...
People's World
November 1, 2016
Photo: Holly Doll, of Mandan, an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, holds a protest sign outside the state's capitol building, in Bismarck, N.D.
Indian Country Today Media Network
October 31, 2016
Not meant to be anywhere near as darkly humorous as Boston's celebrated "Curse of the Bambino" or the Chicago Cubs' concerns about curses related to a billy goat or a reviled fan named Bartman, a curse from the late Native American political activistÃÂ ...
Splice Today
September 29, 2016
Surely the nation that invented nuclear weapons and the Internet can come up with a fair and equitable solution, like recognizing the Lakota Republic as declared by Russell Means and freeing Leonard Peltier, whose continued imprisonment is an offense ...
Dissident Voice
September 24, 2016
Elders and youth alike noted the important contributions of Sitting Bull and Leonard Peltier, Russell Means and John Trudell.
CounterPunch
September 23, 2016
Elders and youth alike noted the important contributions of Sitting Bull and Leonard Peltier , Russell Means and John Trudell.
The Ecologist
September 21, 2016
I worked with Theo Means, the mother of AIM founder Russell Means, who taught me much about patience, determination and sacrifice - traits that Indian people have necessarily had to master in order to survive in their own homelands.
Workers World
September 20, 2016
Elders and youth alike noted the important contributions of Sitting Bull and Leonard Peltier, Russell Means and John Trudell.
Canton Repository
September 18, 2016
Russell Means, a Native American activist, and actor Keanu Reeves come to mind as famous people who have been on her flights.
Indian Country Today Media Network
September 16, 2016
Who doesn't want to curl up with a good laptop and watch a Native flick? From activism to comedy to history, there are plenty of movies that made this list that will suit your needs - most for about $2.99.
Northern Wyoming Daily News Worland Wyoming
September 10, 2016
"I was flying into Wounded Knee to drop off some supplies for the boys [Russell Means, Dennis Banks and others] when somebody started shooting at the plane.
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