Where White Men Fear to Tread The Autobiography of Russell Means

by Means, Russell; Wolf, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780312147617
• ISBN10: 0312147619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Means is the most controversial Indian leader of our time. This is the well-detailed, first-hand story of his life so far, in which he has done everything possible to dramatize and justify the Native American aim of self-determination, such as storming Mount Rushmore, seizing Plymouth Rock, running for President in 1988, and'”most notoriously'”leading a 71-day takeover of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973. This visionary autobiography by one of our most magnetic personalities will fascinate, educate, and inspire. As Dee Brown has written, "A reading of Means's story is essential for any clear understanding of American Indians during the last half of the twentieth century."

Author Biography

Russell Means, born an Oglala/Lakota in 1939, was raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near the Black Hills, and then in Vallejo, California. Now a grandfather with twenty-two grandchildren, Means divides his time between Chinle, Navajo Nation, Arizona, and Porcupine, North Dakota.

Marvin J. Wolf is an award-winning writer and member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Genesis 1939-1964
Prologue: Feather Necklace	p. 3
Tiyospaye	p. 9
Early Years	p. 23
Vallejo	p. 28
San Leandro	p. 45
Winnebago	p. 51
Dealing	p. 56
The Irish Pup	p. 66
Fatherhood and the "Hustle"	p. 76
San Francisco	p. 93
The Making of a Militant 1964-1973
A Second Name: Cio	p. 105
Grandpa John and Dad	p. 121
The Intertribal Car	p. 130
The Rosebud	p. 136
Cleveland	p. 141
The American Indian Movement	p. 149
Handpicked Apples	p. 162
Mayflower II	p. 174
The Sun Dance	p. 179
Moses Cleaveland	p. 191
Raymond Yellow Thunder	p. 194
Red Ribbon Grand Juries	p. 202
Schism	p. 208
"Works For The People"	p. 213
The Trail of Broken Treaties	p. 222
Scourge of the Plains	p. 236
The Path to Wounded Knee	p. 249
Our Struggle 1973-1978
The Siege of Wounded Knee	p. 257
Hunkering Down	p. 274
White Lies	p. 284
Waiting for Trial	p. 294
The Trial	p. 299
Political Theater	p. 311
A Government of, by, and for the Liars	p. 322
Ordeals by Trials	p. 333
The Sioux Falls Massacre	p. 343
On Trial for Murder	p. 353
Sobriety	p. 364
The Longest Walk	p. 374
Prison	p. 382
Rebirth 1978-1992
Black Hills Alliance	p. 397
Tatuye Topa Najinwin	p. 403
Yellow Thunder Camp	p. 407
Catch the Bear	p. 419
Paha Sapa Sun Dance	p. 428
Fighting among Ourselves	p. 432
Larry Flynt	p. 442
Gloria	p. 448
Nicaragua	p. 459
Moonies and Libertarians	p. 477
Indian Banana Republics	p. 489
The "Outlaw" Navajo Government	p. 499
The Movies	p. 510
Good-bye, Columbus Day	p. 518
Treatment	p. 523
Epilogue	p. 533
Appendix	p. 545
Index	p. 555
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