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Actor Saginaw Grant dies at 85

Actor Saginaw Grant, known for his roles in "Breaking Bad" and "The Lone Ranger," has died, according to his publicist Lani Carmichael. He w

On Wednesday, Grant died "peacefully in his sleep of natural causes," his publicist and longtime friend, Lani Carmichael, said in a statement to the Associated Press. He died at a private care facility in Hollywood, California.

Carmichael added that Grant was the "hereditary chief and the medicine man of the Sac & Fox tribe," and described him as a man who "traveled the world speaking of his traditions, his experiences, his sobriety and his faith as both a Native American and a Christian."

Grant "came to acting later in life and felt enormous pride in sharing culture through movies and public speaking," his Carmichael said.

His first acting role was in 1988's "War Party" with Kevin Dillon, according to IMBD. Since then, he has made close to 60 appearances in film and television.

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Honoring Sitting Bull. 123 years ago Sitting Bull was assassinated Dec. 15, 1890 by his own people at the behest of the United States agent's orders on the Standing Rock Reservation.  "What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one. When I was a boy the Sioux owned the world; the sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?....What law have I broken? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am a Sioux; because I was born where my father lived; because I would die for my people and my country?" --Sitting Bull Read More...http://iloveancestry.com/ancestors/indigenous-native-american-indians/item/170-sitting-bull-tatanka-iyotake-hunkpapa-lakota-sioux

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The American Mandela!  Time to be proactive and reopen discussions about Leonard Peltier's unfair trial.  In the Badlands of South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the mystery of exactly what occurred here on June 26th, 1975 is still unsolved. What is known is the morning quiet was shattered by a shootout between a group of Native Americans and two FBI agents. The agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, were wounded from afar, then executed at point-blank range. The only person ever convicted and imprisoned for the killings was Leonard Peltier. Amnesty International is calling for Leonard Peltier's immediate release. Peltier has his own defense committee, with an Internet site, and even has support on Capitol Hill. Peltier also has received support from individuals and groups including billionaire mogul David Geffen, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Rigoberta Menchú, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, Tenzin Gyatso (the 14th Dalai Lama), the European Parliament, the Belgian Parliament, the Italian Parliament, the Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, former South African archbishop and Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Robert Redford is also a supporter and produced a documentary called "Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story."

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