And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >X-Authentication-Warning: morgan.sover.net: jsd owned process doing -bs >Newsgroups: alt.native,soc.culture.native >Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 07:26:48 -0500 (EST) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Anna Mae book > >I am honored to be able to announce that "Who Would Unbraid Her Hair: the >legend of annie mae" is available for order. > >The author, antoinette nora claypoole states that: > >"Direct involvement with political and spiritual American Indian issues >has lead me to writing the story of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. Annie Mae was >a MicMac woman whose unsolved murder on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, >South Dakota, in February, 1976 has left many hearts heavy and few >remembering her life. Active in the American Indian Movement (AIM) during >the 1970's Annie Mae was a significant contributor to the roles women play >in changing the course of life on this planet. She was part of the Wounded >Knee siege of 1973, worked with Indian children in AIM survival schools >and supported elders in their desire to continue to live in traditional >Indian ways. Annie Mae's commitment to indigenous people and their >continued pursuit of sovereignty was significant, her story haunting. > >"Oral tradition carries within it the freedom to tell a story many ways. a >woman is murdered at close range, shot in the back of the head execution >style. found frozen in a ravine. buried as jane doe. exhumed, reburied and >lies in an unmarked grave for 20 years. none of her lovers come to her >ceremony. sing her a going home song. anna mae pictou aquash. micmac >indian warrior of the american indian movement back in it's early days. >her body was found 23 years ago. and still no one is indicted, accused, or >forgiven for the brutal way she died. and equally brutal way her name >makes lovers she knew fall silent. in indian circles annie mae is a woman >of many stories and no one to tell them. i have tried for 5 years to >interview her friends, contact her family and find her writings. which >were at one time put into book form and banned in canada and the united >states. everywhere i have gone very few offer anything but vows of >silence." > >Please visit <http://www.dickshovel.com/clay8.html> so as to reserve your >copy of this work. > >Best regards, >-- > ***Jordan S. Dill*** > <http://www.dickshovel.com/annalay.html> > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
