tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53427793879531097252011-12-18T14:29:00.440-08:00antoinette nora claypoole, editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385471672658548560noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342779387953109725.post-75675884451712371152007-12-10T11:02:00.000-08:002008-10-09T13:36:15.268-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tsb1SR_H4tE/SO5rM2p3TuI/AAAAAAAAAYY/LrPZcimWATQ/s1600-h/annie+mae+letter.3+jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tsb1SR_H4tE/SO5rM2p3TuI/AAAAAAAAAYY/LrPZcimWATQ/s400/annie+mae+letter.3+jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255255683761655522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"> Annie Mae Pictou Aquash</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">letter</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;"> to <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">Dennis Banks</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >written from</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Pine Ridge Reservation</span></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:85%;" >Summer 1975</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Dennis,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">This is Joanna, or Annie Mae. I am </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">in need of financial assistance, desperately.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">I am not having much success, as</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">far as providing for myself a way down to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">New Mexico. Eddie is having a problem</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">juggling things around and so I've got</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">headaches. We are hopefully going to leave</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">tomorrow--if I get money. But if its</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">not possible then that's tough luck. But<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">as ever I love you and if I knew you </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">were coming into town I would go and see</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">you. I am looking forward to seeing you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">in Farmington. Can you relay message to Iris</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">whether you can help.<br /><br /><br /></span> as ever<br /> Joanna<br /></div> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">NOTES: </span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">1<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">. Annie Mae DID get to Farmington to attend the AIM covention there. </span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">This was her intent in writing Dennis Banks---to get to the AIM meeting. </span></span></span><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >2.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" > this letter was shared with antoinette by a reliable source</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" > on 12.10.07</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.antoinetteclaypoole.blogspot.com/">home</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5342779387953109725-7567588445171237115?l=anniemaeletter2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>antoinette nora claypoole, editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385471672658548560noreply@blogger.com0