Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash (1945-1976) Mimac Activist and Educator April 3, 2000 Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a Micmac Indian rights activist, was born on March 27, 1945 in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, the third daughter of Mary Ellen Pictou and Francis Thomas Levi. In 1949 her mother married Noel Sapier, the son and brother of traditional Micmac chiefs, and the family moved to Pictou's Landing where the family was raised in poverty. Anna lived in a house with no heat, water, or …
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…state that has slaughtered more innocent human beings on this planet than all of the dictators and mass-murderers of history combined. Resources Brand, Joanna. The Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash. Toronto: James Lorimer, 1978 Chobanian, Arthur, producer. Incident at Oglala. Van Nuys, Calif.: Live Home Video. Videotape, 90 min., 1991. Matthiessen, Peter. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. New York: Viking, 1983. Weir, David, and Lowell Bergman. The Killing of Anna Mae Aquash. Rolling Stone (April7, 1977): 51-55