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Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an American actor, Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native American people and libertarian political activist. 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 in numerous films, including The Last of the Mohicans, and released his own music CD. He published his autobiography Where White Men Fear to Tread in 1995. Means died in 2012, less than a month before his 73rd birthday.
Means was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, to Theodora Louise Feather and Walter "Hank" Means. His mother was a Yankton Dakota from Greenwood, South Dakota and his father, an Oglala Lakota. He was given the name Wanbli Ohitika by his mother, which means "Brave Eagle" in the Lakota language.
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In the United States, Native Americans are considered to be people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation's modern boundaries. These peoples were composed of numerous distinct tribes, bands, and ethnic groups, and many of these groups survive intact today as sovereign nations. The terms Native Americans use to refer to themselves vary regionally and generationally, with many older Native Americans self-identifying as "Indians" or "American Indians", while younger Native Americans often identify as "Indigenous". Which terms should be used to refer to Native Americans has at times been controversial. The term "Native American" has been adopted by major newspapers and some academic groups, but has not traditionally included Native Hawaiians or certain Alaskan Natives, such as Aleut, Yup'ik, or Inuit peoples. Indigenous American peoples from Canada are known as First Nations.
Since the end of the 15th century, the migration of Europeans to the Americas has led to centuries of exchange and adjustment between Old and New World societies. Most Native American groups had historically lived as hunter-gatherer societies and preserved their histories by oral traditions and artwork, which has resulted in the first written sources on the conflict being authored by Europeans.
Global Community Communications Alliance, a church and religious organization originally founded in 1989 in Prescott, Arizona by Anthony J. Delevin (publicly known as Gabriel of Urantia) and Niánn Emerson Chase (born Nancy Chase). Organized as an IRS section 501(c)(3) church consisting of a Board of Directors, Elders and Ordained Ministers. Gabriel and Niánn together hold the "Mandate of the Bright and Morning Star".
The foundational teachings of the church, “a new millennium church,” are based on revelatory concepts, a new thought theology with elements from The Urantia Book, as well as The Cosmic Family volumes. Global Community Communications Alliance is the first URANTIA Book church in the country and world—The URANTIA Book published in 1955 being the beginning of the Fifth Epochal Revelation to humankind, and The Cosmic Family volumes (brought through by Gabriel of Urantia) are believed to be the continuation of the Fifth Epochal Revelation (the other nine-tenths). Their sacred texts teach the concepts of “One God” through “ascension science” –the fusion of science and spirituality. Other religious texts such as the Holy Bible, the Koran, the Torah, the Bhagavad Gita, the Book of Mormon, the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Tao Te Ching are also considered to bring truths to our world’s peoples.
Actors: Russell Means (actor), Olga Valanos (producer), Olga Valanos (director),
Plot: Reckless government policies nearly destroyed American Indians and could do the same to the U.S. Just as with American Indians, they stole from us with recent bailouts, allowed our infrastructure and environment to degrade, education suffered, and poverty spread. Generation Red Nation gives a brutally honest view of life on Indian reservations, leaving the Reservation, and city life. With 89 percent unemployment, rampant substance abuse, the shortest lifespans in the nation, climbing teen suicide rates, and substandard education, how can they create a better life for their children? Part of the solution embraces American Indian culture, family values, and traditions taught by Elders. Our Nation can benefit from their advice, especially when many of us feel victimized by corruption from corporate and government leaders.
Genres: Documentary, News,From the C-SPAN Video Library - Mr. Means harshly criticizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian leadership of reservations. Russell Means died October 22 at the age of 72. This was his first of six appearances on C-SPAN. Entire Hearing: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/IndianAf
American Indian Russell Means gives an eye-opening 90 minute interview in which he explains how Native Americans and Americans in general are all imprisoned within one huge reservation. "The history of the American and the history of the Indian have now come full circle and are intertwined in the dictatorial policies of those that control the monetary system of America," remarks Means. This is a special re-broadcast of an earlier interview in remembrance of Russell Means, who passed away Monday Morning at his home in Porcupine, South Dakota. We will greatly miss this true american icon who showed us the way. http://www.russellmeans.com/ http://www.russellmeansfreedom.com/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/
On December 20, 2008, immediately following Barack Obama's election, Russell Means gave this never-before-seen interview in Rapid City, SD. In this film Russell is at his best--intelligent, aggressive, and unwilling to compromise principle. He summarizes the current struggle of the Lakota People, and he challenges Americans to "prove him wrong"--to exceed Russell's expectation that the United State won't put a stop to the injustices against his community.
Before his passing last year, the legendary Russell Means agreed to meet with us for what would turn out to be one of his last interviews. We will be sharing select clips from this unreleased interview over the upcoming months. This clip features Russell and his wife Pearl Means discussing the power of gender roles in indigenous societies. (This clip was filmed by Shannon Kring Buset and Nick Polizzi, in conjunction with The Sacred Science, LLC and WildHeart Vision.)
Russell Means, an Oglala Lakota and a prominent voice in the struggle for indigenous rights, was the first national director of the American Indian Movement. I hope to be remembered as a fighter, and as a patriot who never feared controversy - and not just for Indians. When I fight for my people’s right, when I protest government lies and illegal seizures and unlawful acts, I defend all Americans, even the bigoted and misguided. ~Russell Means (1939-2012) Audio is from Colorado, 1991. audio from alternative radio.
From the 1993 stage play, "Wheels Over Indians Trails" Maria Pessino Bacardi: Producer-Director Robert Savina: Aurthor Gayil Nalls: Video Choreographer Russell Means (1939-2012), the American-Indian (Oglala Sioux) activist and actor (Chief Chingachgook in "The Last of the Mohicans") is of one of the country's most famous Native Americans. In this unscripted monologue, delivered June 9, 1993 from a junk site in Gallup, New Mexico, Means (then 54) calls our attention to environmental injustices, telling us that even western science has verified that the earth is a living organism in space (as Dr. James Lovelock, and then Dr. Lynn Margulis, hypothesized in the 1970's about the planet's interacting systems, defining the Gaia Theory). Means tells us, "Mother Earth is what its all about...She...
At the winter of 2009 I meet Russell Means in his home,and he give me this amazing interview for the QAWAQ, magazine about Andean Culture and Walkers. It was a great and friendly that I haved. This interview is complete and no editions, in memory of the our great brother. I know we will meet again.
Alex interviews legendary native american activist, actor Russell Means about the decline of the american culture and the rise of global imperialism. This is a special re-broadcast of an earlier interview in remembrance of Russell Means, who passed away Monday Morning at his home in Porcupine, South Dakota. We will greatly miss this true american icon who showed us the way. http://www.russellmeans.com/ http://www.russellmeansfreedom.com/ http://www.republicoflakotah.com/ http://www.infowars.com/ http://www.prisonplanet.tv/ http://twitter.com/#!/RealAlexJones http://www.facebook.com/AlexanderEmerikJones [Join The Alex Jones Team and Start Getting Healthy Today!] http://www.infowarsteam.com/ [New Website] http://www.infowarshealth.com/ Get all your Youngevity Products such...
An excerpt from Russell Means: Patriarchy vis á vis Matriarchy, a 2-disc DVD available from Global Change Multi-Media. Spiritual Leader and founder of Global Community Communications Alliance, Gabriel of Urantia, interviews Russell Means, American Indian activist, actor, author, and founder of the T.R.E.A.T.Y. Total Immersion School at Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation. The DVD also features a talk that Russell Means gave on matriarchy. To order the DVD visit: http://www.globalchangetools.org/product/v/281 For more information on how you can help T.R.E.A.T.Y. go to: http://www.treatyschool.com For more information on Gabriel of Urantia and Global Community Communications Alliance go to: http://www.gccalliance.org This interview and DVD's featured talk took place at Future Studios in Sedona,...
The United States is one big reservation, and we are all in it. So says Russell Means, legendary actor, political activist and leader for the American Indian Movement. Means led the 1972 seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in 1973 led a standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a response to the massacre of at least 150 Lakotah men, women, and children by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry at a camp near Wounded Knee Creek. American Indian Russell Means gives an eye-opening 90 minute interview in which he explains how Native Americans and Americans in general are all imprisoned within one huge reservation. Means is a leader for the Republic of Lakotah, a movement that has declared its independence from the United States...
Russell Means (American Indian Movement 1st President) shares his history with members of the United Confederation Of Taino People (www.uctp.org) during his presentation at the First Anniversary Celebration Areito of the UCTP at the Electric Circus in NYC.
From the 1993 stage play, "Wheels Over Indians Trails" Maria Pessino Bacardi: Producer-Director Robert Savina: Aurthor Gayil Nalls: Video Choreographer Russell Means (1939-2012), the American-Indian (Oglala Sioux) activist and actor (Chief Chingachgook in "The Last of the Mohicans") is of one of the country's most famous Native Americans. In this unscripted monologue, delivered June 9, 1993 from a junk site in Gallup, New Mexico, Means (then 54) calls our attention to environmental injustices, telling us that even western science has verified that the earth is a living organism in space (as Dr. James Lovelock, and then Dr. Lynn Margulis, hypothesized in the 1970's about the planet's interacting systems, defining the Gaia Theory). Means tells us, "Mother Earth is what its all about...She'...
A great warrior and brave. Stood and spoke against tyranny. This is the death of a Free Man. May we all learn by his example. http://www.youtube.com/user/RussellMeansFreedom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3TtPOmq1tI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaABzX2c4s -----------------------------------------------Lakota Prayer for the Dead------------------------------------------------ GrandMother East: From you comes the sun which brings life to us all; I ask that you have the sun shine on my friends here, and bring a new life to them -- a life without the pain and sadness of the world; and to their families, bring your sun for they also need your light for their lives. GrandFather South: You bring the storms from the south which brings ...
Russell Means providing information of Wounded Knee Massacre 1890,. and 1973.
Dennis Banks, Gayla Twiss, Red Cloud, Russell Means, Edgar Red Cloud, Dick Wilson, Peter Catches, Amos Bad Heart Bull, Julius Bad Heart Bull, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Oglala Sioux
The United States has become one large Reservation with Russell Means (http://www.youtube.com/peoplejustlikeus)
R.I.P. Russell Means ....Today We Have Lost A True Revolutionary American Hero, And Someone Who Stood For Truth And Justice Until His Death....In 1973 Russell Means and the American Indian Movement were labeled one of the the most dangerous groups in America by the FBI. In this period of increased violence, on June 26, 1975, the reservation was the site of an armed confrontation between AIM activists and the FBI in what became known as the Pine Ridge Shootout. Two FBI agents, Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams, and the AIM activist Jim Stuntz were killed. ...."We were the "thought criminals" of the day. The FBI had targeted the Black Panthers and the American Indian Movement for destruction through their infamous illegal counterintelligence program COINTELPRO. We were the ones, along wit...
Paul Joseph Watson http://www.PrisonPlanet.tv Wednesday, January 12, 2011 The United States is one big reservation, and we are all in it. So says Russell Means, legendary actor, political activist and leader for the American Indian Movement. Means led the 1972 seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in 1973 led a standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a response to the massacre of at least 150 Lakotah men, women, and children by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry at a camp near Wounded Knee Creek. American Indian Russell Means gives an eye-opening 90 minute interview in which he explains how Native Americans and Americans in general are all imprisoned within one huge reservation. Means is a leader for the Republic o...
A powerful interview covering his life's work, world views, and dying of cancer... a deep introspective and intimate journey through what makes Russell Means tick. He is a powerful, pivotal figure and one of the only international spokespersons championing the plight of the Native American Indian and other indigenous tribes worldwide. To lose him would be a devastating blow as he has given his life to raising awareness and fighting for the rights of oppressed persons everywhere, calling specific attention to over 155 years of broken treaties with the Native American Peoples. To help with his cancer treatments, please donate via www.RussellMeans.com His beautiful wife Pearl Means is a pillar of strength in these difficult times. This is a rare privilege to see her speaking openly. We h...
My Friend, Russell Means, aka Brave Eagle, does one of the last interviews before his death in 2012, on Libertarian Alternative. On Second thought, a weekly Tv show produced, copyrighted, since May 2000 in Santa Maria, exposing the massive corruption in government and a failed judicial system, which violates the Constitution. BRAVE EAGLE ( Russell MEANS) talks about america being good at colonizing the herd mentality.
The United States has become one large Reservation with Russell Means (http://www.youtube.com/peoplejustlikeus)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) HD - Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means
Dennis Banks, Gayla Twiss, Red Cloud, Russell Means, Edgar Red Cloud, Dick Wilson, Peter Catches, Amos Bad Heart Bull, Julius Bad Heart Bull, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Oglala Sioux