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Fighting "Federal Communism" on the ReservationBy David YeagleyFrontPageMagazine.com | March 26, 2004What does a career Indian protester do when he realizes the Left has failed him and his people? Ask Russell Means, Olgala Sioux of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Mr. Means recently endorsed Republican John Thune’s bid for the Senate.  Thune is running against Democrat incumbent Tom Daschle.  Means now calls himself a “Lakota Libertarian Republican.”   It makes perfect sense. There has been little improvement in Indian country under the Democrats. Conditions in South Dakota reservations certainly haven’t improved under Daschle. What’s an Indian to do politically? "I'm going to...