Chingachnook is Dead - RIP Russell Means
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Chingachnook is Dead - RIP Russell Means
Read this earlier. Sad to see him pass. He had a pretty interesting life, mostly involved in Native American activism and advocating their rights. And a pretty decent actor too.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...es-72-17533883
Longtime Indian Activist Russell Means Dies at 72
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...es-72-17533883
Longtime Indian Activist Russell Means Dies at 72
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Fly swiftly like an arrow into the sun.
Russell Means
Fly swiftly like an arrow into the sun.
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I thought this was funny.
But I remember my grandmother (who would be 95 this year) wearing a lot of indian jewelery and turquoise. It was very popular with that generation.
I love him in LOTM and my interest in that film led me read his autobiography back when I was in college. He came off like a real hard ass unlikable person. I admire many of the things he stood for but I don't think I would ever have wanted to hang out with him. He seemed to have nothing good to say about the making of the film either and actually claimed that many members of the crew made what he felt were anti-indian statements.
"No one except Hollywood stars and very rich Texans wore Indian jewelry," Means said
I love him in LOTM and my interest in that film led me read his autobiography back when I was in college. He came off like a real hard ass unlikable person. I admire many of the things he stood for but I don't think I would ever have wanted to hang out with him. He seemed to have nothing good to say about the making of the film either and actually claimed that many members of the crew made what he felt were anti-indian statements.
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I'd forgotten all about Russell Means' film career, even though I've seen some of his films. I remember him as an American Indian activist back in the days when the Sioux Indians had a standoff with the FBI and police that lasted quite a long time.
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Damn. That is a shame to read.
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His small part in Natural Born Killers is criminally overlooked. His performance in the scene he was in gave an otherwise grotesque live action cartoon a dramatic gravity it otherwise would have been devoid of.
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Services for American Indian Movement activist Russell Means are underway at Little Wound High School in Kyle. Means' remains were brought from his home in Porcupine in a horseback procession this morning. Today's services are scheduled to last until 10pm. Three more ceremonies are scheduled for next year. Means died Monday at the age of 72.
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