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Social Science Native American Studies

The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash

by (author) Johanna Brand

foreword by Warren Allmand

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1993
Category
Native American Studies, Historical
Recommended Age
15
Recommended Grade
10
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888621535
    Publish Date
    Jan 1978
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550284225
    Publish Date
    Jan 1993
    List Price
    $19.95

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Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Map
1/ Just Another Dead Indian
2/ Wounded Knee, 1973
3/ From Shubenacadie to Wounded Knee
4/ The FBI's Secret War on Dissent
5/ From Battlefield to Courtroom
6/ Douglass Durham, Agent Provocateur
7/ The Making of a Warrior
8/ Fugitives
9/ The Persecution and Execution of Anna Mae Aquash
10/ Quiet Canadians, Quiet Diplomacy
Afterword
Afterword to the Second Edition
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About the authors

JOHANNA BRAND is a Winnipeg-based journalist. A native of the Netherlands, she gre up in Sarnia, Ontario, where she worked as a reporter for the Sarnia Observer.

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WARREN ALLMAND was a Member of the House of Commons for more than 30 years before he was appointed President of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development in 1997.

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"...disturbing and compelling..."

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The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash: Second Edition

Anna Mae Aquash grew up in a poverty-ridden Micmac community in Nova Scotia. In her late teens she left Canada, eventually moving to Boston where she became involved in community organization. Here she met other First Nations people committed to improving their own and the lives of other aboriginal peoples. In 1973, a ten-week occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, demanded that the government deal with aboriginal issues. This protest became a symbol for North American Indian resistance. After the occupation, Aquash became active in the American Indian Movement (AIM), a civil rights group under FBI surveillance. In February 1976, Aquash’s body was found at the bottom of a cliff, with a bullet in her head. Originally published in 1978, this new edition calls for renewed efforts to identify her killers.

Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. 2011-2012.