Russell Means Speaks Out (1980)

Alternative Information Network # 93 - RUSSELL MEANS SPEAKS OUT

Russell Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012), was a leader of the American Indian Movement and victim of the FBI's COINTELPRO operation. Here he delivers an impassioned address about the nature of trying to be Indian in this country and of the necessity of maintaining the old customs and culture in order to preserve themselves as Indians. He also discusses the tragic consequences of the destructive effects on Indians by the activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the corporations exploiting Indian lands, and the forced evacuation of Indian lands in New Mexico, which were going on at the time of this speech. He speaks with moving reverence of the urgent necessity of life in harmony with nature and not transcending it in exploitative superiority.

Recorded Autumn, 1980
Copyright Dec. 1980

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Credits
Co-hosts: Frank Morrow and Doug Kellner
Researcher: Mike Jankowski
Technical adviser: Brian Koenigsdorf

Publication date 1980
Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQHdkQjpZao