7K views · 219 reactions | Russell Means (November 10, 1939 –...

47K views · 1.3K reactions | Russell Means delivers a powerful speech on the state of emergency that exists on Indian reservations in South Dakota. The Lakota language is dying and the children are being taken from the people. Please sign our petition to bring the Lakota children home so the culture can be sustained! lakotalaw.org/action | Lakota People's Law Project | Facebook

In 1989, Lakota activist and AIM leader Russell Means stood before Congress to deliver a fiery and unapologetic speech about Native sovereignty and independence. Speaking not as a “minority” within the United States, but as a representative of sovereign nations, he challenged the very foundation of U.S. policy toward Indigenous peoples.Means declared that American Indians are not “wards of the state,” but citizens of their own nations, bound by treaties with the United States, treaties that the

Jesus Christ is our advocate with the Father. His fulfillment of this crucial role means that He will be our personal supporter, offering us justice and mercy. Watch the video below to learn more about Christ’s role as advocate from our prophet, President Russell M. Nelson. You can also read, watch, or listen to President Nelson’s full address here: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/jesus-christ-master/ Artwork: "Gethsemane" by Jorge Cocco Santángelo - Art | BYU Speeches