[JohnnyZ]

Russell Means sure sounds like the one I'm recalling from way back then

Means, a co-founder of the American Indian Movement, gained national attention when AIM members and supporters took over the village of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in 1973.

Means was convicted of a felony, riot to obstruct justice, stemming from an April 30, 1974, clash between police and American Indian Movement supporters in Sioux Falls.

"I refused to stand up for Judge Joe Bottum. There is no crime for not standing up for a judge, but it is a polite show of respect. So he sent in the riot police to deal with us, and we beat up the riot police,'' Means said. ``I did my time, one year, three days, 221/2 hours in the Sioux Falls penitentiary.''

From everything I've read, he's been law-abiding for the past 30 years.

[kingu]

From everything I've read, he's been law-abiding for the past 30 years.

Please excuse me for rolling on the floor laughing before replying. Russell Means has been arrested for domestic abuse on three reservations, and interestingly enough, those arrests have sparked constitutional fights. He is, alas, the Indian Jessie Jackson. I know many up at Pine Ridge who groan every time he rolls into town and are usually very happy when he wanders away to do something else.

I've met him dozens of times, and every time I spend a good hour in the shower scrubbing myself clean.

That being said, like a broken calendar watch, even Russell can be right once a year.

I, among many others, have been working tirelessly to set up combinations between American Indians and the Republican party. Daschle's aid won't say it, but Means' joining the opposition is a horrible blow. It will cost the Senator likely a quarter million in contributions from other tribes (who incidentally fear Means and don't want to get on his bad side.. Again, mostly the Jesse effect.)

All in all, I think this is a positive development.

[Quix]

See my last post.

Glad to read of the change.

[Big Horn]

I think their may be some information about this in the book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee".