I didn't even know that he died. He spoke at the FBI protest in Minneapolis 2010.

More about his death in October 2012:

>>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —

Russell Means spent a lifetime as a modern American Indian warrior. He railed against broken treaties, fought for the return of stolen land and even took up arms against the federal government.

A onetime leader of the American Indian Movement, he called national attention to the plight of impoverished tribes and often lamented the waning of Indian culture. After leaving the movement in the 1980s, the handsome, braided activist was still a cultural presence, appearing in several movies.

Means, who died Monday from throat cancer at age 72, helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee - a bloody confrontation that raised America's awareness about the struggles of Indians and gave rise to a wider protest movement that lasted for the rest of the decade.

Before AIM, there were few national advocates for American Indians. Means was one of the first to emerge. He sought to restore Indians' pride in their culture and to challenge a government that had paid little attention to tribes in generations. He was also one of the first to urge sports teams to do away with Indian names and mascots.

http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2019495159_apusobitmeans.html?prmid=head_main

May Russell Means Rest In Peace.

spoke about the sham trials and the FBI's involvement. It was very interesting. They told the story of when the judge caught the FBI's witnesses listening at the door so they could keep their stories straight. The judge caught wind of it and got up and opened the door, exposing them. He returned to his bench and dismissed charges.

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http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/10/22/last-of-the-mohicans-director-michael-mann-remembers-russell-means/

He was not a trained actor but I think he did really well, in both acting and choreography.



Chingachgook: The frontier moves with the sun and pushes the red man of these wilderness forth, in front of it. Until one day, there will be nowhere left. Then our race will be no more, or be not us.

Hawkeye: That is my father's sadness talking

Chingachgook: No, it is true. The frontier place is for people like my white son, and his woman and their children. And one day there will no more frontier. And men like you will go too, like the Mohicans. And new people will come. Work. Struggle. Some will make their light, but once, we were here.

I guess it was too 'controversial' for 1992.

toward the First Citizens, and their joy in being the objects of so much exalted attention from such a group of nobles.

I'm sure the "real" story was revealed in Lynne Cheney's even truer version of U.S. history made especially for young minds.

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..who would be mostly Millennials. So I imagine if it came out today, that line would stay.

So progress in America in the last couple decades.

Head and neck cancers should always be suspected in anyone who uses tobacco, especially snuff or chewing tobacco.

Chances are it wouldn't have affected the outcome, but it might have bought him enough time to say goodbye.