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Article: Indian activist Aquash subject of Toronto play.
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- Wind Speaker
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- April 1, 2001
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TORONTO
It was 25 years ago this March that Indian rights activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was found murdered on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. On March 22, Yvette Nolan's play Annie Mae's Movement made a timely debut with Native Earth Performing Arts.
The play is about the last few years of Aquash's life, depicting what it might have been like to be her, a Mi'kmaq woman born in Shubenacadie, N. S. in March 1945.
Aquash held a deep belief she could help bring about change for Indian people and joined the American Indian Movement in the 1970s, a very active and dangerous time for the Indian rights organization. Her conviction and ...