Tim Giago on Janklow, Means

Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) strikes the contrast at Indianz between a former governor and the Native leader whose relationship served to define both their careers. Here's an excerpt:

Several weeks ago activist Russell Means announced that he had throat cancer and it was incurable. Last week former South Dakota Governor William Janklow announced that he had incurable brain cancer. Both of them were born in 1939. While serving as Attorney General for South Dakota in 1975 Janklow was often in the forefront of the actions against the American Indian Movement led by Means. Both of them found themselves on the brink of disaster several times in their volatile lives and in the end, their head-to-head confrontations ended in a stalemate.

David Newquist shares some of his thoughts on the Janklow era at Northern Valley Beacon.

Bob Newland is still struggling with flashbacks from going head-to-head with the former attorney general and governor, but lives to talk about it at The Decorum Forum.

Doug Wiken at Dakota Today brings another recollection.