R.I.P. Russell Means

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• his performance as Chingachgook (sp?) in LAST OF THE MOHICANS is legendary. that final battle with wes studio was classic.

  Comment by x — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:37am PDT  Reply to this post

  • A great inspiration to me and many others and a class act on screen and off.

    I give you this one thought to keep –
    I am with you still – I do not sleep.
    I am a thousand winds that blow,
    I am the diamond glints on snow,
    I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
    I am the gentle autumn rain.
    When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
    I am the sweet uplifting rush,
    of quiet birds in circled flight.
    I am the soft starts that shine at night.
    Do not think of me as gone –
    I am with you still in each new dawn.

    Comment by JacobRTH — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 1:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Could not agree more – a stunning performance – that final moment on the mountain is the only scene in film that brings tears to my eyes every time.

    Comment by mike — Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 12:32am PDT  Reply to this post

• A great man; a great friend; a great believer in the rights of all men. He walked the walk, and thought the talk was cheap. I will The Oglala Souix will miss him. The Mohican People will miss him. The poor of of Niccaragua will miss him. All who knew him will miss him. I’m proud to have had him as a part of my life. You are the Spirit of the Black Hills — God bless you.

  Comment by John Strong — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 11:28am PDT  Reply to this post

  • He is the only one for whom I had butterflies in my stomach when I met him and that’s because I so admired the work he has done for his people and for others. I can’t imagine if I’d have had the courage to face the FBI guns as he did at Pine Ridge. I admire all of those who stood up for their people at that time. I was one of those who tried to help by sending food and warm clothing, not knowing that the FBI was stopping anybody who transported those collections at the borders of each state, in an effort to starve AIM out. Meeting someone who has been stabbed and shot while standing up for his people was awesome, like meeting history. RIP, Russell. I’m so sorry you have passed because we all need you still. We are all the poorer for having lost you. At least you won’t be in amy more pain.

    Comment by CA — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 1:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Russell Means as Wandering Bear on Curb Your Enthusiasm

  Cheryl (Hines): Hi, Wandering Bear.
  Wandering Bear: Hello. How is… your vagina?
  Cheryl: Its… getting better.
  Wandering Bear: Good!

  Comment by TJ — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 3:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• A real authentic person. Loved everything he was in. I’ll have to track down that episode of Curb.

  Comment by Jason Dean — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 4:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• A great Actor, Humanitarian and Activist. Will be missed, yet remembered for his contribution to life.

  Comment by DJordan — Monday October 22, 2012 @ 9:29pm PDT  Reply to this post