Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a 30-year-old Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada, was a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) during the 1970s. In December 1975, she was abducted from Denver, Colorado, and transported to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. On December 15, 1975, Aquash was executed with a gunshot to the back of her head. Her body was discovered on February 24, 1976, in a ravine near Highway 73 on the reservation.
Initial investigations into
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