The Autobiography of Russell Means

Russell Means     1996     592p     6 x 9

From one of the most controversial Indian leaders of our time comes this well-detailed, first-hand story of his up unto the mid-90s, in which he has done everything possible to dramatize and justify the Native American aim of self-determination, such as storming Mount Rushmore, seizing Plymouth Rock, running for President in 1988, and – most notoriously – leading a 71-day takeover of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973. As Dee Brown has written, ‘A reading of Means’s story is essential for any clear understanding of American Indians during the last half of the twentieth century.’

$9-20