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    Russell Means

    Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native American people

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    Rus·sell, Bertrand
    /ˈrəsəl/
    • 1. 3rd Earl Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer; full name Bertrand Arthur William Russell. In Principia Mathematica (1910–13) he and A. N. Whitehead attempted to express all of mathematics in formal logic terms. He expounded logical atomism in Our Knowledge of the External World (1914) and neutral monism in The Analysis of Mind (1921). Nobel Prize for Literature (1950).

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  2. Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968 and helped organize notable events that attracted ...

    • 1968–2012
    • Oglala Sioux, American
  3. Russell Means Native American rights activist of Oglala Lakota Sioux descent. Means drew national attention to the mistreatment of Native peoples. His bold and theatrical protests made him one of the most famous American Indians of the 20th century. Means was the eldest of four brothers. When he

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  5. Nov 1, 2012 · Russell Means obituary. Champion of Native American rights across five decades. Michael Carlson. Thu 1 Nov 2012 12.42 EDT. On 27 February 1973, members and supporters of the American Indian ...

  6. Oct 22, 2012 · Russell Charles Means was born on the Pine Ridge reservation on Nov. 10, 1939, the oldest of four sons of Harold and Theodora Feather Means. The Anglo-Saxon surname was that of a great-grandfather ...

  7. Oct 23, 2012 · Russell Means was once called the "biggest, baddest, meanest, angriest, most famous American Indian activist of the late 20th century." He led a 71-day armed standoff against federal agents at ...

  8. Oct 22, 2012 · Joshua Lott / Reuters file. Russell Means, the American Indian activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee and who later became a Hollywood actor, has died. He was 72. Means died ...

  9. Oct 22, 2012 · Native American actor and Activist Russell Means has died of cancer at the age of 72. Means, an Oglala Lakota, was among the early members of the American Indian Movement who helped lead the 1973 ...

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