Russell
Means was an activist, a musician, an
actor, politician and a writer and led protests
that called attention to the nation’s history of injustices against Native
Americans. Russell – named Wanbli
Ohitika by his mother, which means "Brave Eagle" in the Lakota
language-- was born in Porcupine, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation. His mother was a Yankton Dakota from Greenwood, South Dakota, and
his father was an Oglala Lakota.
