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Anna Mae Aquash (as well Anna Mae Pictou Aquash or even Anna Mae Pictou; 1st title too spelled Annie Mae) (b. touching Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 27, 1945; d. late 1975 or early 1976) was a Micmac Indian from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the virtually all active & large female member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) during a early 1970s. She was observed murdered around 1976 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and became a martyr for American Indian civil rights.

Activism
Aquash was required in the Teaching and Research in Bicultural Education School Project (TRIBES), a program designed to teach immature Indians just about their history.

She was exposed in the 1972 Trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington, D.C. and the 1973 Wounded Knee standoff.

Murder
In February 24, 1976, Aquash was found dead per side of State Road 73 on the far nor'-east corner of the Pine Ridge Reservation, about X miles from either Wanblee, South Dakota, close to Kadoka. Her frozen person was greatly deteriorated, showing that she experienced been dead for occasionally instance, & an initial autopsy by the Pine Ridge Public Health Service indicated that she had died of exposure.

Famously, her mitts were severed & sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington, D.C. for fingerprinting. A immune system, so far unidentified, was buried as a Jane Doe.

Whilst her identity was confirmed, she was exhumed by AIM supporters & another post-mortem was conducted in March 11, 1976. This post-mortem examination revealed that she experienced been shot by the .32 caliber bullet in the back of the head.

Her execution remains unresolved.

Anna Mae Pictou Aquash
Center of information about the murdered activist, with book ordering and links.

Annie Mae Justice Awareness Fund
Discussion of the AIM activist's life and death, with breaking news on the current murder trial.

Anna Mae Aquash
Biography of the slain activist.

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