'Indian policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century. — Russell Means Copy Share Image
Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest — Russell Means Copy Share
America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish… — Russell Means Copy Share
I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that… — Russell Means Copy Share
When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again! — Russell Means Copy Share
Golden eagles don't mate with bald eagles, deer don't mate with antelope, gray wolves don't mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals,… — Russell Means Copy Share
Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom. — Russell Means Copy Share
I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot. — Russell Means Copy Share
Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing braids or… — Russell Means Copy Share
Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people… — Russell Means Copy Share
We Indians do not teach that there is only one god. We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things. Stones… — Russell Means Copy Share
What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the Palestinians are the American… — Russell Means Copy Share
I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free… — Russell Means Copy Share
Imagine going to the holy land in Israel, whether you're a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim, and start carving up the mountain… — Russell Means Copy Share
