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Russell Charles Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of American Indians and all oppressed First Nation Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968 and helped ...
On February 28, 1973, AIM leaders Russell Means (Oglala) and Carter Camp , together with 200 activists and Oglala of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, including children and the elderly, [17] occupied the town of Wounded Knee to protest Oglala tribal chairman Richard Wilson's administration, as well as against the federal government's ...
The American Indian Movement ( AIM) is an American Indian grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, [ 1] initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against American Indians. [ 2] AIM soon widened its focus from urban issues to many ...
Description. Pinus banksiana ranges from 9–22 m (30–72 ft) in height. Some jack pines are shrub-sized, due to poor growing conditions. They do not usually grow perfectly straight, resulting in an irregular shape similar to pitch pine ( Pinus rigida ). This pine often forms pure stands on sandy or rocky soil.
Robert Pine (born Granville Whitelaw Pine; July 10, 1941) is an American actor who is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series CHiPs (1977–1983). Including CHiPs , Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of various television shows.
The longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris) is a pine species native to the Southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from East Texas to southern Virginia, extending into northern and central Florida. [ 3] In this area it is also known as "yellow pine" or "long leaf yellow pine", although it is properly just one out of a number of ...
Description. P. radiata is a coniferous evergreen tree growing to 15–30 m (50–100 ft) tall in the wild, but up to 60 m (200 ft) in cultivation in optimum conditions, with upward pointing branches and a rounded top. The leaves ("needles") are bright green, in clusters of three (two in var. binata ), slender, 8–15 cm (3–6 in) long and ...
70 Pine Street (formerly known as the 60 Wall Tower, Cities Service Building, and American International Building) is a 67-story, 952-foot (290 m) residential building in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Built from 1930 to 1932 by energy conglomerate Cities Service Company (later Citgo ), the building was designed by ...