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Russell Means funeral: Family sing on horseback in Native American 12-hour traditional memorial
A photo of Cole Brings Plenty with his cousin Candi Brings Plenty's dog stood in the center of the Memorial Park Bandshell in Rapid City at an April 14 vigil. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
As family members rode horseback down the Big Foot Trail in the Pine Ridge Reservation, they sang in honor of Russell Means who passed away on Monday.
Russell Means died at his home in South Dakota after spending decades fighting for American Indian rights, starting with protests against college and professional sports teams’ use of Indian images as mascots.
He later become the leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and a Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. president.