FILE - In this Dec. 1, 1969, file photo, John Trudell poses for a photo on steps leading to prison atop Alcatraz in San Francisco. Trudell, a poet and actor who spoke for American Indian protesters during the 1969 Alcatraz Island occupation and later headed the American Indian Movement, has died at age 69. A trustee of Trudell's estate, Cree Miller, says he died of cancer on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at his home in Santa Clara County in Northern California. (AP Photo, File)