Longtime Indian activist Russell Means dies at 72




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Summary: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) , Russell Means spent a lifetime as a modern American Indian warrior. He railed against broken treaties, fought for the return of stolen land and even took up arms against the federal government. A onetime leader of the American Indian Movement, he called national attention to the plight of impoverished tribes and often lamented the waning of Indian culture.