Means receives lifetime achievement award

Russell Means Receives Red Nation Film Lifetime Achievement AwardRussell Means received the "Oyate Wayanka Po Win Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 8th Annual Red Nation Film Festival gala last Monday in Los Angeles, California.

Means, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer of his esophagus in July, attended the gala event with his wife, Pearl.

Since July Means has undergone extensive tomotherapy, an intensity modulated radiation treatment, at the Sunridge Medical Wellness Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition, Means has participated in several traditional Indigenous ceremonies provided by Oglala and Navajo medicine men.

Means gained international fame as one of the most prominent American Indian Movement leaders during the 1970s. Since then, he has worked for American Indian rights and human rights throughout Indian Country and in other spots around the world.

In the early 1990s, Means became a Hollywood actor. Since 1992, he has appeared in "The Last of the Mohicans," "Pathfinder," "Natural Born Killers," "Windrunner: A Spirited Journey," "Thomas and the Magic Railroad." His served as the voice of Chief Powhatan in "Pocahontas" in the hit 1995 Disney movie.Comment:  For more on Russell Means, see Means Is "Riddle Wrapped in Enigma" and Means's Tumor Has Shrunk.

Below:  Russell and Pearl Means.