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A proud member of the Oglala Sioux tribe, Means was a fierce advocate for Native American rights who found great success when he turned to acting. He portrayed Chingachgook in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), appeared in Natural Born Killers (1994) and voiced a role in Disney’s Pocahontas (1995). - Read Russell Means' Guardian Obituary here - Read Russell Means' Telegraph Obituary here
Russell Means is most known for his work as a Native American human rights and political activist and as a leader of the American Indian Movement.. He was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ...
Oct 22, 2012 · Russell Means, who played a leading role in The Last of the Mohicans, has died at the age of 72. Means played Chingachgook, the adopted father of Daniel Day Lewis's character Hawkeye, in the 1992 ...
Russell Means was Oglala Lakota, a part of the Oceti Sakowin (meaning the Seven Council Fires) that is known to some as the Sioux Nation. Born in 1939 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Russell Means moved with his family to Vallejo, California, in 1942.
From the C-SPAN Video Library - Mr. Means harshly criticizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian leadership of reservations. Russell Means died October 2...
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Dec 2, 2018 · This is a combination of video clips from the early 1970's..,about what it means to be Indigenous & American Indian Movement (A..I.M.) .., with Elder Russell...
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Oct 22, 2012 · Russell Means, a former American Indian Movement activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, reveled in stirring up attention and appeared in several Hollywood films, has died. He ...
