Farewell to Russell Means: Commentary by Captain Paul Watson

Farewell to Russell Means

Farewell to Russell Means: Commentary by Captain Paul Watson

Commentary by Captain Paul Watson Russell Means Photo: Lloyd Cunningham, Gannett/Argus Leader Back in March 1973, David Garrick and I traveled down from Canada to South Dakota. We managed to hike and crawl some twenty miles through the brush and snow, passing armed Federal officers until we made our way into the village of Wounded Knee. I was 22 years old, foolhardy, reckless and admittedly naïve, but I had just read Dee Brown’s "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" and I was determined to support the American Indian Movement (AIM). I was there to support the occupation of Wounded Knee by AIM and to report on the situation back to Robert Hunter at the Vancouver Sun. I was also there to write about the experience for the Vancouver weekly newspaper, Georgia Straight. David and I became citizens of the Independent Oglala Nation of Wounded Knee and Pedro Bissonette stamped and signe...

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