Russel Means 2012 Interview with The BBC World Service
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The BBC's Amir Payam interviews Russell Means, American Indian leader at his ranch in Porcupine, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD on January 23, 2012.
The Questions in this video are all in Persian/Farsi; however, all have been asked in English as well during the recording but were adopted later for the BBC Persian audience.
RIP Russell Means... a true patriot and hero! may your voice be heard and your presence felt in us all continuously. Your Spirit Lives- Thank you for all you've done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His thoughts on the evils of patriarchy is really admirable & revolutionary too. Mr. Means, you are missed! What a warrior he was..
I dont have a drop of Indian blood in me but they are my brothers and sisters.
Thank you we think of you as a brother or sister as well #proud Seneca Iroquois!
Such a strong teacher ... miss him and the message he shared throughout his life.
same here I feel he was hit wtih radiation to cause his cancer as he had said he and the Lakota elders withdrew from the Treaties he would have succeeded and they could not allow this
This touched my heart. Bless you, Russell Means.
Rest in strength and resilience to Wanbli Ohitika, Russel Means a fierce Lakota Warrior from the Black Hills. His teachings shall not be heard in vain.
A great man!! RIP Russel Means. He speaks the truth!
Indigenous blood from the k’iche’ people of Guatemala 🇬🇹. Russel inspired many groups to rise up in the 80s and 90s. He’s one of the reasons why are people populate 47% of the entire country. Although my people are from Central America all natives are one ☝🏾. From Canada to the tribes of Brazil.
From Alaska to Chile.
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Wonderful interview. What a wonderful example of humanity!
such a wise man!! it's sad he had died he could have live until 90 and continue to spread his knowledge!!
Who now will step up and take Russell's place in the fight for our people? The US Government will continue to walk over the rights of the people which it governs without impunity without voices like Russell's to confront them about the actions it is taking. Even his name, MEANS takes us to a point where we understand that as a people our lives MEANS something. We MATTER. Who will pick up the fight and carry it on? Who will be as eloquent and informed as Russell? Who will have the COURAGE?
Russell Means, A Champion of Truth to all Indigenous Cultures, Civilizations of Mother Earth.. such a profound Universal Man. R.I.P... Respects.
My eyes and ears opened when I first heard Russell speak. I had not looked at the world. Nor had I given myself true understanding of what was happening. 4 ten years I raised my children in Germany, horrified about the Holocaust and studying it. I first began painting my relations from different tribes and taught myself to paint. I obsessed with the genocide in my own country. I wanted to do something, to change something. Russell did that. I hope one day to be able to say that I have.
R.I.P. Russell.... God Bless your good soul. You were my hero,,, my real icon who i looked up to.
What a great man! I have great respect for Russel Mean.
I have only respect for all Natives.
R e s p e c t. !!!
I have respect for those who respect me, regardless of age, gender, religious beliefs, race, etc. When a person with a kind heart is present, I will not be foolish to turn them away. We need more good people to step forward as leaders, and show us the values which RM advocated for all humans. 🌍🙏💖
I don’t understand a word the interview guy is saying but he is asking all the right questions why is he not in world news reporter!?
How beutiful is It to hear your language !!! ❤️
I met Mr Means several times during a personal spiritual rebirth, in fact, he even took a sweatlodge ceremony that was part of my rebirth, that deeply connected me to my native indian roots of 3 or 4 lives, including the Lakota Sioux during the time of Custer and Little Big Horn. Thus, it was a great privilege to meet him, although I did not know then who he was, and that he starred in the Last of the Mohicans, one of my all-time favourite stories that reminds me too of my Indian lives and their ways and struggles. And what a struggle it was, on all levels!
Now I am reincarnated among the white men of England, but have always felt alien to these people, due to their paucity of spiritual values. Thus, I am an, even the enemy to them, hated wherever I go! Hence why I enjoy hearing Mr Means again, and to dream a little of my lives on the prairies and around the lakes. And thus what I really long for are a spiritual home and values, where nature is unspoilt and abundant, and peace abounds. Sadly, the mental disease of men, abundantly promoted by 'the ways of the white man', has decimated and denigrated this, our earthly home, until it has become a sty, rather than a reflection of Paradise, which is must become by aligning with the Laws of the Great Spirit.
Then, men will be able to form the consensus of how to live aright, spoken of by Mr Means, for they will become enlightened to the ways of the spirit, which creates a completely different way of living than the one we see unfolding now, which WILL LEAD TO IMMINENT DISASTERS AND possibly THE fALL OF MEN. Our very existence is imperilled by this mental disease, and we must now very quickly return to the spiritual ways of our forefathers, by respecting all creatures, and intuiting a sense of beauty, balance and guidance from higher spheres, that are longing to help men, if they would but listen, and make an effort! So make haste brothers, for there is little time to reclaim our lands!
That was awesome Mr. Means, may you RIP
Russell Means was the spirit & soul of America, he taught us how to Put The Human back in Humanity.....We didn't listen!...Aho
Thank you for your words of truth
Love this man rip his words will live forever
unity is the key my people mexicans , central americans , native americans and first nations people of canada using colonial terms .. we are one people indigenous to this continent..mix blood or full blood we are one people...500 years of European terrorism and were still here ✊
Russell the man with the great spirit. We need more spirits like him to get rid of the evil have a nice day live long
He just wanted freedom for all this guy was not playing I never knew he was so much. I wish I had his wisdom.all in good time love and respect brother. R I P Russel
He could’ve had freedom anytime he wanted it. Who exactly was stopping him and his people from going out and living their old way of life minus the raids? There was plenty of game/food available for them to hunt during his lifetime They would’ve been cheered on by the country if they did that.
Russell just want say I love you and thank you
im glad the truth is the truth you will never be forgotton wonded knee long live all native ppl of america long live aztlan long live zapata land and liberty
Denverdirtbikesquad viva todos indigenas
Great man speaks the truth.
This is a message to the Lakota people,and all native American people,allthough I live many miles away in England and I suppose I am as English as possible,i have for years had a deep felt sorry for the native American Indian,i have listed to the words of native American Indians,eg.rusell means,t little hawk ,etc.i listen with passion,...and tears in my eyes,i just wish things were better for all of your people,you are the true spirits of this world....I wish I was one of you....my love and spirit I send you.
Much love, respect, prayers in smoke for my ancestor’s people. ❤️
Love you Russel means!!!
i hope and wish to appear new Russel and to bring justice to your beautiful nation.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR MR. MEANS AND HIS WIFE.
He was such a beautiful soul. What he says brings so much resonance to what I believe.
Amazing Thoughts....!!
Good Morning,Good afternoon and Good evening Mr Means,I like watching your video's,and glad to see you beat Cancer.to still stand out and preach the truth.My The Gods of the universe bless you and your one of a kind. Thanks for sharing,also you look kool Indian Cowboy.
✊ truth RIP Russell Means
Thank you God bless
sad, he died same year of interview in 2012 I can see his health is in talk on. But his sport is still strong. RIP.
so great! thank you. so good to hear so much language!!!
Rest In Peace Russell Means! Your words mean a lot to many who understand your messages on YT. YOU FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM OF YOUR PEOPLE. I HOPE YOUR PEOPLE ACHIEVE FREEDOM OF SPIRIT AS WELL AS BODY.
Thats what i been saying for years we are in a outlaw nation
An intelligent man
Thank you so much for your support 🙏 ❤..one love
So right my brother
I loved the comment about patriarchal religions. Rock on, Russel.
Anyone to dismiss Russell's perspective as irrelevant is thoroughly brainwashed and simply ignorant. Period.
Yes Russell Meens says it just like it is. If he was alive today he would say " told you " DON'T THINK THEY WON'T DO IT TO YOU AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WILL"
yep he would be telling it to that B and B is not different then O...Aho
I am undone. I was building a home in TN in 2012 Russell and at that tyme of my life the Lakota people's were the farthest thing from my mind. Now 6 yrs later I finally realized after 33 years of a so called "christian" life that christian had nothing to do with my (what I thought happened in 1985) "salvation" experience when I thought the white mans' Jesus saved me. Now after all these years I know that experience was my connecting with Mother earth and has nothing to do with the white man's god. Forgive me Russell and Crazy Horse... please forgive me for using that name for him as I don't know what his real name was and is. This I do know. It is now 2018 and I watched today "easter Sunday" the IDF forces in Israel are killing the Palestinians with bombs and phosphorus gas that eat the people while they burn to death and that was all I could take. I'm headed to your homeland April 2018 and I plan on giving back as much as I can afford to your/my people. As far as I know I am 30 to 50% Cherokee and the spirit the Eagles and my bones are calling me to you. Your spirit speaks to me and the cries won't let me alone anymore... I'm ready to die for the Lakota. I can't live white anymore. A'ho friends! I'll see you soon. Big D
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Strong words that resound in me. Very commendable - strength and protection to you in your struggles
Indigenous people don't count % that's their oppressors racial method. Get connected to it's community, engage with them, become part of it. It ain't about % for them. Either you are or you are not.
American Indians are and have always been, beaufical people, from the inside out. And they were the most mistreated people on this earth . I'm certain that's why the history books on them, were taken out of the schools, when I was younger. Goverment dinnt want anyone else to know, what was done to these wonderful, persons, that were here on American soil, before we were.. just so sad, that they weren't respected as human beings. And most, still struggle to this day, because of what was done to their people a hundred years and more. Most dont even have power or means for heat in winter, nor a good water supply. And we all. that live in America let this happen, to them, to this day.
NICE INTERVIEW...
Formal greeting? Wow.
Well said
Yes they are.
My grandmother was born in a reservation in Arizona. As a little girl She was a slave and a prisoner. They even cut her hair. Her mother killed before her eyes. She was related to Cochise full blood chiricahua Apache. Granddaughter. But they changed her name. Now I cannot get my Native papers.
I miss when times were still simple. No smart phones, or social media.
Stay strong Russel!
I want people to notice what Mr. Means states about himself. He says he is an American Indian. Notice that he doesn't say that he is a Native American. I have a friend who is an American Indian and he schooled me when I addressed him as a Native American. He said, "When you say Native American that means that you are native to America. The problem is, his ancestors were here before it became America (United States). Now that it is America, he prefers to be called an American Indian." To be fair, it is politically correct to use the term Native American but I don't use that term personally anymore.
The name America does not just pertain to the United States. All the continent is known as America. So, you can be a Native American. Natives have to think globally.
I understand what you are saying Sing loc , but my point is he is gone home 2 the other side. And look at the fight and struggle he fought all his life for his people Native American Indians . For those 2 reasons sir I tell you , give him the dignity, honor, and respect he rightfully deserves! You made your point but out of respect , " let it go"!
nothing but the thruth
This meeting between Russel and this guy never occurred. I recall it was someone else who did the interview.
Nice piece of editing, however. There is software available that can edit someone out of the image in real time.
The news has always been done this way I assume to gain a funtion.
I also am aware that reviews can be changed modified altered and that technology existed 8 years ago they can do way more now Snowden.
Yes I saw this before as well. I hate fakes and I can only surmise they are doing this more and more so that any evil deeds captured on film can be explained away as deep fakes.
@@koshstephtcb You gotta admit they put a fair amount of work into it.
Love Russell Means- Rest In Peace🙏🏼
The interviewer looks spliced in- what’s that about?
My religion doesn't condone violence.My religion Is of peace, joy, love. my religion tells me do unto other as you would have them do unto you.
Great guy, and I mean this as a compliment, I think he can look very scary.
True hero
Because he's an angry warrior, educated in the white man's law & fighting for human rights
Why would you speak Farsi with Russell if he can’t speak it back?
The original interview was in English, but for Farsi speakers, we recorded questions in Farsi as well. What you are watching is the edited version for the Farsi audience with Russel's Farsi translated over voices silenced, so English viewers can also watch it.
Stay strong. The time of the white dominant culture is coming to a close. Nothing will right the wrongs of the past but the ability of the majority to participate passively in violent domination will fold when the economy of infinite growth collapses.
So who will take Russell means Place for the nations
It's Farsi (Persian) - as it says in the intro, the interviewer is a British-based expatriiot Iranian.
I'd be very surprised if Russ ever learned Farsi. But it is common in interviews to edit, cutting out the intermediate steps. But I would like to hear the questions in one of the languages I understand.
I presume this was done for BBC Persian-language service, where it was assumed all listeners would know Farsi. I expect what Russ said was also rendered into Farsi.
I’m an American and I’m embarrassed by our “leaders”. Is that gentleman speaking Lakota? It’s sounds Asian. Russell, I wish I could have met you.
It is the Democrats. They are rotten to the core.
We the other people of this country did not agree with Obum recieving the award trust me
He speaks the truth
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chief oliver lives on but you know what now, he is free.
Was the "136 years" you mentioned supposed to be "236 years" of WARS?
Thanks Russell
Amir Payam I can appreciate you speaking in your native tongue ! I really can appreciate that, but speaking your native tongue during this RUclips video with none other than Brother Warrior Advocate Teacher Counselor Adviser Medicine man Actor Author Russell Means was the wrong time to do it! Mitakuyape my Brother Russell. Give our greetings to all our people there! We're so proud of the legacy you left us here ! You left the torch burning Brother, now all we have to do is pick up the torch and continue the fight for our people. I am Angel With Tatoos whose skin is white but whose heart and mind is Lakota . Rest peacefully amidst our ancestors and forefathers and the Great Spirit and Creator of All things in This Universe Yahweh himself. Till we meet again!
Emil, Thanks for the comment. What you are watching here is the Persian/Farsi version of my questions which has been adopted for the Persian audience. The interview with legendary Russel Means was taken fully in English. Thanks!
@@amir2payam Thank you Amir 4 clarifying that and your time sir!
I'd like to hear this in English
Where is the English language to be found? A link would nice
Rip my brother
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Godloveyou
Didn't the host speak English? What language is he speaking? He understands English,though
He speaks persian
We need to do something about Newo-wiyaw nation
In Europe there was no such a thing like '' nazi camps''
There were GERMAN nazi camps!
Comunist Moscowians( known today as Russians) had their own version of this kind of camps.
Wo Ra Spain 1938-1970 Franco communists fascist nazi minded person had nazi camps and worked very close with hitler. They don’t teach you this in schools.
Free America
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He only speaks about Indigenous peoples, in America as if it only happens here. It does not, it is happening all over the world. One profound example is the Kyapo tribe of Brazil. I hate what my country has done to these people.
I. Love our Native Americans.
He said This Hemisphere Ben. Brazil happens to also be in the America's. Learn geography please
White people also came from tribes and terrible struggles too.
Hopefully many, his words should resonate to the masses IMO. A mention of the holocaust, and other words, you seem to be one of few who grasp his msg. The "demopubican" as he states, creates huge misunderstandings and divides, people only look to the other side of the fence, for folly of the other. Divide et impera
What language is the interviewers speaking
Farsi Iran language
Rip means
At 5:59 lol.
was there a translator there?
what language is the interview sparking, is it Native american,??
It’s Persian (Farsi)
nice comment: ...not the communist...not the capitalists...I remember me...tree words are important: Spirit - Crazy - Horse ...to be free...like the wind...
Ha-Le-Toh…
Aa shu nay ta gui ya wani ta na le o na ti li
What?!
What language is this interviewer speaking to Russell Means?
Hi. This is Persian (Farsi) the main language in countries like Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
What is the language of the interviewer, and is this video in english?
Farci. And the interviewer is British -based.
Hey why he don't ask in english??????
I meant Hamid Izadi.......you Amir are using our people and yes Russell Means for your benefit....that's okay...but what have your people done for us? Nothing.......Shall I say more?????
What language was the interviewer speaking, what native dialect?
This is Persian (Farsi) as the interview originally produced for BBC Persian
@@amir2payam It is Farsi my Aunt Married a Great Guy my Uncle Mano. I can tell the difference between Arabic and Farsi. 😁 I am Indiginous to California. They call our Reservations out here Rancherias.
Hi ok
Пятый год на груди ношу Рассела Минса. Ежели чего - через Аляско-Канадцев - в ЛАКОТА !!!!!!!!!!! И не подумайте - я, увы, трезв.
Say again???
why do you interview American Indians...I know your country does not like America.
I was married to an Iranian......Hamid Izaid.....he knew about our people our culture and our ceremonies......attended them.....How much do ou Amir know about our culture except to make our people sound negative against the American Government....
We have our reasons.......what are yours?????