Means at the “BRANDO” Los Angeles Premiere Screening and Cocktail Party, Egyptian Theater, Hollywood, CA 04-17-07 s_bukley/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Russell Charles Means
Date of Birth: November 10, 1939
Place of Birth: Porcupine, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.
Date of Death: October 22, 2012
Place of Death: Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Ethnicity: Sioux Native American [Yankton, Oglala, Wahpekute], along with one eighth Crow Native American, English, French-Canadian, Swiss-German, Scottish, Dutch
Russell Means was an American activist, politician, actor, musician, and writer.
He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1988.
He was the son of Theodora Louise Feather and Walter F. “Hank” Means. Russell’s father was of 68.75% European [English, Swiss-German, and French-Canadian], 25% Crow Native American, and 6.25% Sioux Native American [Oglala], descent. Russell’s mother was of 71.875% Sioux Native American [Yankton, and some Wahpekute] and 28.125% European [French-Canadian/French, Scottish, English, Dutch] descent.
Russell’s paternal grandfather was named Eugene Cuthbert Means. Eugene was the son of a white father, from Maine, and of a Crow mother.
Russell’s paternal grandmother was Nellie Allen (the daughter of Charles Wesley Allen and Emma A. Hawkins). Charles was white, and was the son of William Maynard Allen and Sophronia Meeker. Emma was the daughter of Henry Hochstrasser Hawkins, who was Swiss-German, and of Susan Bissonette, who was of half French-Canadian and half Oglala Sioux Native American descent.
Russell’s maternal grandfather was John Feather (the son of John Sunkdiska Feather and Nancy LaPointe). John was the son of a Yankton Sioux father and a Wahpekute Sioux mother. Nancy was the daughter of a father of French descent and a Yankton Sioux mother.
Russell’s maternal grandmother was Mabel Catherine Arconge (the daughter of Theodore Arconge and Louisa Bruguier). Theodore was the son of Walter Ištatoto “Blue Eyes” Arconge, whose father was French-Canadian and whose mother was half Scottish, and of Fannie Tascinaowicawi “Her Blanket.” Louisa was the daughter of Charles Bruguier, whose father was a white Canadian, of French-Canadian, English, and Dutch descent, and of Margaret Alice “Tateteka” Hope.
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