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Published October 22, 2012, 12:00 AM

Russell Means 1939 - 2012

Images from the life of AIM activist Russell Means


Russell Means, center, was one of the American Indians who met with a troupe of Lewis and Clark re-enactors during 2004 at Chamberlain. Means and other American Indian asked the troupe to go home. Seth Tupper/Republic

  • Russell Means, center, was one of the American Indians who met with a troupe of Lewis and Clark re-enactors during 2004 at Chamberlain. Means and other American Indian asked the troupe to go home. Seth Tupper/Republic
  • This is a Jan. 31, 1989 photo of Russell Means, of the American Indian Movement, as he testifies before a special investigative committee of the Senate Select Committee on Capitol Hill. Sioux actor and activist Means went on trial before the Navajo Supreme Court on Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999, in a case that tests the legitimacy of the American Indian justice system. (AP photo)
  • American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Russell Means addresses the crowd from the steps of the Colorado State Capitol on Saturday morning Oct. 6, 2007. Means was participating in AIM's protest of Denver's Columbus Day Parade. (AP Photo)
  • In this Dec. 19, 2007, file photo Russell Means speaks at a news conference in Washington. The former American Indian Movement activist who led the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee says he has inoperable throat cancer, the Rapid City Journal reported Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano, File)
  • American Indian Movement leader Russell Means speaks at anti-nuke rally, April 27, 1980 in Washington. (AP Photo)
  • American Indian Movement activist Russell Means, left, is greeted by Rev. Katsuzo Sawada of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist sect of Japan at Means appearance before the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, July 7, 1978.
  • American Indian activist Russell Means speaks to supporters in front of the state capitol building before kicking off his walk across New Mexico campaign for governor in Santa Fe, N.M., Sunday, April 21, 2002. (AP photo)
  • A solemn moment is observed before the signing of a statement ending the bloody standoff between federal forces and the American Indian Movement (AIM) at Wounded Knee, S.D., Thursday April 5, 1973. From left are: Russell Means, AIM leader; Kent Frizzell, U.S. assistant attorney general; Chief Tom Bad Cobb and AIM leaders Clyde Bellecourt, Pedro Bisonette and Carter Camp. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Russell Means, a leader of American Indian Movement, tells newsmen at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1973 that Indians will protest the nation?s Bicentennial celebration unless treaty disputes are resolved.(AP photo)