Russell Charles Means: An American Activist

Russell Charles Means was an American activist who solely focused on equal rights of Native Americans. He was born in South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1939. He was part of the silent generation, even though he was anything but silent. As Robert (2015) states, “Russell’s commitment to uplift the plight of his people escalated when he served as director of Cleveland’s American Indian Center.” As a director, it was there where he met Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement (Roberts 2015). He would later form a relationship with Dennis Banks and that causes him to captivate the attention of the media. Means was very successful at grabbing the media’s attention to demonstrate Native American Rights.
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