Russell Means
Actor, author, performer, and activist who led the American Indian Movement (AIM) and has attracted national and international media and government attention to the struggles of indigenous peoples around the world
“Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's
peaceful and honest.”
“We Indians do not teach that there is only one god. We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things. Stones have power. A blade of grass has power. Trees and clouds and all our relatives in the insect and animal world have power. We believe we must respect that power by acknowledging its presence. By honoring the power of the spirits in that way, it becomes our power as well.
It protects us.”
“The only way you can be free is to know that you are worthwhile as a
distinct human being.”
“I do not want to be civilized. I want to be liberated.”