Two daughters, two parents, and echoes of a murder that rocked Indigenous activism

Indigenous activist Anna Mae Pictou was shot and killed  49 years ago amid controversy the American Indian Movement ordered the hit after suspecting her of being an informant The Canadian Press – Mar 24, 2024 / 6:19 am  Photo: The Canadian Press In this composite image made from two photographs, Rebecca Julian, left, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash’s eldest sister, and Aquash’s eldest daughter, Denise Maloney, hold a portrait of Aquash in Shubenacadie, N.S., on June 20, 2003; At right, Naneek Graham holds a photograph of her father John Graham, who is incarcerated in the South Dakota State Penitentiary after being extradited to the U.S. in 2007 and convicted three years later in the 1975 murder of Pictou Aquash, while posing for a portrait at her home in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Feb….

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