This seems to be another case of Fox News jumping on a story without doing their homework. As far as I know Russell Means is not an elected official of the Lakota Nation. So its questionable if this proclamation actually means anything.
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A little FYI.
Russell Means is a member of the Oglala Lakota nation( Oglala reservation, in SW SD., very near Rapid City) Oglala Lakota Nation..(think) Wounded Knee. Chief RED CLOUD.
Sioux is a derogatory term, of a shortened french word for SNAKES, given to the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota people by their arch enemys the Chippewa(Ojibwe), as they drove them from Minnesota to the Dakota's
Mni Counju Lakota...Cheyenne River reservation(near Pierre SD)...Mni Counju Lakota(think) Crazy Horse !!
Standing Rock Lakota reservation, located in both Northern SD, and Southern ND(near) Bismarck ND.
Standing Rock Lakota reservation...(think) ..SITTING BULL !!
Back to Russell Means,..... yes fixer is correct, RM is NOT an elected member of the Oglala Tribal council, but his activism, and Key member of AIM(American Indian Movement), during the takeover of Wounded knee memorial, occupation of the offices of the BIA(bureau of Indian Affairs) in DCA, and occupation of Alcatraz Island, back in the late 70's, has certainly given RM Strong standing in the Lakota nation.
Sadly, the Lakota Nation is suffering from the EXACT same malaise as the TWU, where more members have become "cozy" with the very people still trying to ERADICATE them, ...The FEDS., or in AA case, Management.
There Is still(THANKFULLY) a percentage of Traditional Lakota people, who want Nothing to do with the FEDS.(In "AA speak", ...think AMFA)
RM is the only(still) active member of AIM, as Dennis Banks has retreated to the northern Minnesota woods, to run his wild rice farm, and Leonard Pelltier is still in Prison, awaiting a new trial, because the original was a HORRIBLE SHAM(evidence withheld on purpose to get a conviction)
I,m NOT saying Pelltier was'nt involved in the shooting of two FBI guys, but I am saying his trial was a National Embarrasment.