Russell Means
Russell Means
Russell Charles Meanswas 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 Movementafter joining the organization in 1968, and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media coverage...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth10 November 1939
CountryUnited States of America
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I don't want to talk about the environment and the American Indian viewpoint, I hate the word Native American. Its a government term, which was created in the year 1970 in the Department of the Interior, a generic term that describes all the prisoners of the United States of America.
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Indian policy" has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century.
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You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically correct. Everyone who's born in the Western Hemisphere is a Native American. We are all Native Americans. And if you notice, I put American before my ethnicity. I'm not a hyphenated African-American or Irish-American or Jewish-American or Mexican-American.
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'Indian policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century.
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Golden eagles don`t mate with bald eagles, deer don`t mate with antelope, gray wolves don`t mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals, at mongrel dogs, and mixed breed horses, and you`ll know the Great Mystery didn`t intend them to be that way. We weakened the species and introduced disease by mixing what should be kept seperate. Among humans, intermarriage weakens the respect people have for themselves and for their traditions. It undermines clarity of spirit and mind.
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The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct.
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I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people... It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again.
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I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.