Episode 3.23 // Who Killed Anna Mae Aquash?

Anna Mae Aquash was a passionate and outspoken First Nations activist and one of the few female leaders of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. In the wake of her brutal murder, blame was thrown in every direction but lips ultimately remained sealed. Thirty years later, some of those on the inside might find the courage to break their silence.

SOURCES:

• Indigenous American Women - Devon Mihesuah - 2003

• Anna Mae Biography - First Nations Issues of Consequence - dickshovel.com

• The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash - Johanna Brand - 1978

• Anna Mae Aquash- Mi’kmaq Indian activist - Britannica

• American Indian Movement (AIM): Overview - Gale Family Library

• AIM Patrol, Minneapolis | MNopedia

• Anna Mae Pictou Aquash | The Canadian Encyclopedia

• Who Killed Anna Mae? - Eric Konigsberg - New York Times - April 25, 2014

• Slaying the Sun Woman"... - Bryan Rindfleisch - The Graduate History Review (Uni. of Victoria) - 2011

• Arrest in Aquash Case Leads to More Questions - David Melmer - Indian Country News - Apr 11, 2003

• Questions Raised…. Handling of Aquash Case - Jerry Oppenheimer - Washington Star - May 25, 1976

• Leonard Peltier | American Indian activist | Britannica

• Indian Woman’s Death Raises… Questions - Kevin McKiernan - Minneapolis Tribune - May 30, 1976

• Aquash Murder Case Timeline - Paul DeMain - 2005

• Jury convicts man in 1975 murder - Paul DeMain - News From Indian Country - Feb. 23, 2004

• Charges Dropped in AIM Slaying - Dave Kolpack - Angus-Leader - Feb 4, 2010

• Vancouver Man to Go to Trial… - Richard Foot - Vancouver Sun - Nov 30, 2010

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