Russell Means: American Indian Movement Leader and Actor Dies at 72

Russell Means was an Oglala Lakota activist and actor. Born on November 10, 1939, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, he became a leader in the American Indian Movement.

He led the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee and the 1971 occupation of Mount Rushmore. In 1987 he came in second for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination. He acted in The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and voiced Chief Powhatan in Disney's Pocahontas.

Andy Warhol painted 18 portraits of him. Means had esophageal cancer and died at his ranch near Porcupine, South Dakota, on October 22, 2012, at age 72.

Achievements: AIM leader, actor in The Last of the Mohicans.

Birth: November 10, 1939 - Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

Profession: Activist and actor.

Interesting Facts: He ran for president under the Libertarian Party.