FILE - In this March 7, 1973, file photo Russell Means, left, tells villagers on the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, SD, that they must continue their fight against the government until their demands are met. The former AIM activist who led the 1973 uprising says he has inoperable throat cancer, the Rapid City Journal reported Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. At right is Dennis Banks, another AIM Leader. (AP Photo/File)