LEGACY

https://rezinate.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/a-russell-means-library/

Since the above was blogged in April of this year the talk and promotion of  Russell Means being a “statesman” and dedicating a library to him has kind of fizzled out.

Understandable to my way of thinking as it was ill conceived, hasn’t garnered the anticipated support, and had about as much chance of staying afloat as an anchor.

Fundraising for said library and the latest book sales seem to have shared the same fate, and that may have led to a lawsuit being filed against a hospital, a sort of casting about in search of alternative revenue sources.

I suspect at some point we will see livestock sales or auctions, possibly the same for memorabilia in an attempt to squeeze a few more golden eggs from the goose that laid them.

The ultimate arrogance would be to restore the Wound Knee Museum Wilbur Reigert built and maintained that was wantonly ransacked and destroyed by AIM during WK2 as Riegert, a wheelchair bound elder, was evicted from his home and Means commandeered it as an “office”.

Upon restoration it could be re named The Russell Means Library and Museum.

Maybe a discography featuring the “Electric Warriors” greatest hits or the “collected works” in book form.

The real key to generating a windfall would be to write a candid biography, no holds barred, just the truth of Charles Russell Means.

No doubt though the author of such a book would be called a liar, fed, hater, or snitch, and that may explain in part why such a book from within the Means estate hasn’t been forthcoming.

His widow has been described by Means as being of Dineh ancestry and seeking her roots – being of Dineh ancestry it would be interesting to hear their take on Russell’s Chinle defense, the one he employed after assaulting his then eighty year old one armed father in law – the one where he sought to kick the concept of sovereignty under the bus not only for the Dineh but all the nations.

Hopefully Means widow has or will discover her roots and be faithful to them instead of a con artist.

I recall seeing a video where Means was shedding tears and saying he had to leave a “legacy” for “his people”……. well he did, and it’s one all the nations would be better off without.

WE WILL NOT FORGET

Every time I view this photo of Wilbur Riegert, founder and now deceased owner of the Wounded Knee Museum I experience a variety of emotions.

An elderly wheelchair bound grandfather evicted from his home by Assholes In Moccasins so that the great “warrior, liberator, statesman” Russell Means could have an office and place to flop his sorry ass during their modern day reenactment of Wounded Knee.

These same Assholes In Moccasins ransacked the museum and then went about systematically  destroying it.

In the years following WK2 they have made every effort to portray their “cause” as a righteous one, and to portray Riegert and the Gildersleeves as vampires feasting on the poverty of Pine Ridge.

The greater ignorance and infamy may be those within and without the media who have pointedly ignored the realities, swept them under the journalistic rug, and perpetuated the lies they were spoonfed.

Without their willing cooperation the AIM leadership would have in all likelihood been held to account, they would have had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

It seems to me the mainstream media is generally held in low esteem, some outlets more than others, and deservedly so, if true I’d say they’ve earned it.

Corporate owned talking heads biased in the direction of ownership or personal opinions.

News as it is presented becomes more than what it is, it becomes a creation, the emphasis placed on that, an emphasis not merely to report but to milk a  story and mold opinions – to take the story in a specific direction. An emphasis placed on personalities, like those of anchors and reporters.

It’s a business with a product to sell, one that includes a crafted “celebrity” fronting the presentation.

A presentation in a continuous state of flux as the result of their own and national polls.

The worst thing that ever happened to the televised news media was that it began to turn a profit, once that took place the handwriting was on the wall.

Wilbur Riegert and the truth of WK2 are little more than footnotes in the media’s archives, they didn’t give a damn then and could care less now. To address the truth now would be to expose themselves, and they aren’t noted for doing so.

I doubt many people even know who Riegert was, but those of us who do have not, and will not forget. No more than we will forget the names of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, or Perry Ray Robinson Jr.

 

 

IN BREAKING WITH THAT

I don’t think I’ve “promoted” anything on this site with the exception of other sites to visit, that and the truth.

Haven’t offered anything for sale, solicited “donations”, or anything like that.

Not that there hasn’t been anything worthy, just something I haven’t really done.

In breaking with that if the reader will follow the below links they will find information related to a book about Frank Fool’s Crow and a ceremonial pipe written by Looking Back Woman/ Suzanne DuPree that he elected to bestow upon her.

This has a been a controversial point characterized by personal attacks upon LBW and some who seem to have nothing  better to do than present themselves as authorities or feel as though their vested interests elsewhere are threatened.

There are pipes and there are pipes-each sacred in their own right, but also some more than others-the one carried by Looking Back Woman is in my opinion of the latter variety.

The provenance is unmistakeable, and as such should be considered carefully.

During what became known as WK2 the WK museum owned and operated by Wilbur Riegert was broken into, trashed,looted, and set afire by AIM.

Riegert an elder wheel chair bound man was also put of his home so Russell Means could take it over as an “office”.

The artifacts have never been recovered and its reasonable to assume they remain in the possession of the thieves that stole them or were sold and now are in private collections.

No doubt AIM would love to get their hands on the pipe gifted to LBW, but that’s something else that ain’t happening and they are left to little more than hurling insults and attempting to cast doubt on this particular pipes provenance while promoting their capitalist “spiritual” advisor Leonard Crow Dog.

So if you like to read this would be a better one than anything emanating from the AIM/Means camp.

http://jpwade.wordpress.com/

http://lookingbackwoman.wordpress.com/author/lookingbackwoman/