Current events His mission is larger than life. Within the last five years American Indian Russell Means has appeared in many movies and television series, made speeches and CDs, written his autobiography, and created an Internet site where he hawks t-shirts and philosophy. Means has taken his message about the oppressed American Indian to the world and found his public wanting for more. What's perhaps most curious about this new-age revolutionary is that he wields an impact that is all Hollywood.
Fame is a powerful force, especially when it recasts purpose.
Each of us has, of course, our destiny here on earth. But how that plays out and ultimately impacts others is a phenomenon nourished in the process. What drives an individual to achieve the remarkable remains a very personal journey. Means' journey began when he was born on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in November 1939. It's the place where Means' heart still lives and where he's in the process of building a Total Immersion School, a Lakota cultural project for kindergarten through third grade.