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Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Overview
This true crime docuseries examines the murder of Annie Mae Aquash – a Mi'kmaq woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, a mother of two daughters, a teacher, and a revolutionary who fought for Indigenous rights in the 1970s whose death went unsolved for almost 30 years.
Status
Ended
Network
Hulu
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Americanize You
In 1972 Mi'kmaq Annie Mae Pictou Aquash answers a call by the American Indian Movement (AIM) to go to Washington to force the government to honor its treaty obligations with Indigenous people. Tensions rise, and the activists make a disturbing discovery.
Wounded Knee 1973
Annie Mae risks her life to join a dangerous occupation in South Dakota. The Movement is embraced by Hollywood, the government secretly infiltrates AIM at the highest levels, and Annie Mae makes a dangerous decision in her personal life.
Exposure
A clash between the FBI and AIM proves deadly. Annie Mae makes a secret pact with a close friend before going on the run with a group of fugitives, and then disappears. A body is discovered a short while later in the Badlands.
A Cry for Justice
After a strange incident, the first Indigenous U.S. Marshall investigates Annie Mae's fate. Evidence leads to three surprising names. Investigators struggle to find enough evidence to go to trial but then someone comes forward and agrees to wear a wire.
Top Cast
Denise Pictou-Maloney
Self - Annie Mae's Daughter
Mary Lafford
Self - Annie Mae's Sister
Paul DeMain
Self - Former Editor, News from Indian Country
Joy Harjo
Self - 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate
Stonehorse Lone Goeman
Self - Annie Mae's Friend
Jake Maloney
Self - Annie Mae's Ex-Husband
Doug George-Kanentiio
Self - Former Editor, Akwesasne Notes (as Doug George)
Patricia Landry
Self - Founding Member 1970, Boston Indian Council
Clyde Bellecourt
Self - AIM Co-Founder
Richard Two Elk
Self - AIM Activist
Margo Thunderbird
Self - Annie Mae's Friend
Bruce Ellison
Self - Lawyer, Indigenous Activists
