‘Cover Stories’ Archives
TRUSTGIVING: Oyate Wacinyapin/Russell Means November 10, 1939 ”“ October 22, 2012
By Laura Waterman Witttstock Russell Means died Monday, October 22, just weeks before his 73rd birthday. ”¦“complex man” Like all other leaders throughout history, Means was a complex man, hard to understand at those times when he seemed to be reckless or unaware of the effect he was having on those close to him. ”¦“single purpose..safeguard promises of treaties”¦” Yet from a distance, he had an astonishingly brilliant character, unafraid above all, but also willing to put himself at the center of controversy. He seemed to have a single purpose ”“ to safeguard the promises of treaties with tribes, most especially his own Oglala Lakota nation ”“ but in a greater sense, all native people. Rushmore and Mayflower Protests Throughout his public life, which began in 1970 when he moved from San Francisco to Cleveland, Ohio and started his association with the American Indian Movement (AIM) Means only knew one direction: [...]
