Russell Means and Gordon Grado met under challenging circumstances. Means, perhaps best known as a political activist and early leader of the American Indian Movement, could barely talk because of a cancerous tumor pressing against his throat. He and his wife, Pearl, met Grado, a world renowned oncologist based in Scottsdale, Ariz., during Means’ initial consultation. “When we walked in, Gordon sat on the edge of his chair, looked straight into Russell’s eyes and told him what an honor it […]

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