Lorelei DeCora Means

Lorelei DeCora Means
Native name	Lorelei DeCora
Born	Lorelei DeCora October 1954 (age 62) Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska, US
Residence	Winnebago Reservation
Nationality	American Indian
Alma mater	University of South Dakota 1981 (ADN) South Dakota State University 1986 (BSN)
Occupation	Registered Nurse Grassroots Activist
Years active	1973–present
Organization	The American Indian Movement
Known for	American Indian Movement Pie Patrol Women of All Red Nations We Will Remember Survival School Black Hills Alliance AIDS Resource Team International Indian Treaty Council KILI RADIO 90.1 FM Porcupine Clinic Diabetes Talking Circles
Spouse(s)	Ted Means (ex-husband)
Children	3 children (all daughters)
Relatives	Russell Means (brother-in-law) Madonna Thunder Hawk (in-law) Five grandchildren
Awards	1993 Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award 1997 William Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice Award

Lorelei DeCora Means, born Lorelei De Cora, is the name of a Native American nurse and civil rights activist. She is best known for her role in the second siege in the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She was also a co-founder of the American Indian organization, Women of All Red Nations.

Lorelei DeCora was born on the Winnebago Reservation in the state of Nebraska. She is an enrolled member of the Winnebago tribe (in the Thunder Bird Clan) and a descendant of the Minnecojou Lakota Sioux through her mother. Her great grandmother was a survivor the Wounded Knee Massacre at the Wounded Knee Creek.

In 1981, Lorelei received an associate degree in nursing from the University of South Dakota and a bachelor's degree in nursing from South Dakota State University in 1986. Lorelei would also have three daughters before divorcing her husband, Theodore "Ted" Means.

Lorelei became involved in the Red Power Movement at a relatively early age in her life. Lorelei was enrolled at a Catholic grade school on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska, where she resisted numerous endeavors undertaken by school officials to cut her ties to her American Indian cultural traditions. In high school, her family protested against a history book, entitled Hawkeye Tales, that was being used by Sioux City public school officials to educate children despite its graphically negative and racist portrayal of American Indians. Their protest led to the book being removed from the curriculum in the Iowa public school system. It was also during high school that Lorelei DeCora became one of the youngest members on the board of directors for the AIM.

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