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American Indian Movement Leader Russell Means Dies at 72

HeadlineOct 23, 2012

The longtime Native American activist Russell Means has died at the age of 72. Means was an early leader of the American Indian Movement, and he helped head the uprising at Wounded Knee in 1973.

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