Russell Means Biography

Russell Means biography

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NAME: Russell Means
OCCUPATION: Activist, Film Actor
DEATH DATE: October 22, 2012
PLACE OF DEATH: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Porcupine), South Dakota
Full Name: Russell Charles Means
AKA: Russell Means

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Native American activist and actor Russell Means is known for leading an armed takeover of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973, and for appearing in films like The Last of the Mohicans. In 2007, he helped draft a proposal to create a new nation for the Lakota tribe.

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Following a battle with esophageal cancer, Means died at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Porcupine, South Dakota, on October 22, 2012.