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Native American Activist Russell Means Dead at 72
[...] Rick Moran has an interesting comment about Means’ legacy: Means’ activism served a large and worthy purpose by calling attention to the miserable plight of Native Americans. Recent years have seen tribes running casinos on their reservations (“like the buffalo returning” quipped one Native American leader) and while the gambling houses raise millions, still not enough is being done by tribal councils and the US government to lift the poorest of the poor out of abject poverty. In 2010, the poverty rate on reservations was 28.4 percent, compared with 22 percent among all American Indians (on and off reservations), and 15.3 percent among all Americans. This is an intolerable state of affairs and Means tried his utmost to call attention to it. [...]
Comment Posted By Russell Means, Native American Activist, Dead At 72 On 22.10.2012 @ 14:14
