Man wanted in American Indian Movement murder ordered extradited to U.S.

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VANCOUVER (CP) - A former Yukon man wanted in the United States for the murder of an aboriginal activist 30 years ago was ordered deported Thursday by the federal justice minister. John Graham is accused of killing Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a member of the American Indian Movement. Aquash, a Mi'kmaq originally from Nova Scotia, was shot in the back of the head at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1976. Graham was arrested in December 2003 for the first-degree murder of Aquash, a fellow activist in the American Indian Movement. Terry LaLiberte, one of Graham's lawyers, said Graham feels his fate is now sealed. "He's very, very stressed by it, it's a life sentence hanging over his head," LaLiberte said. "He saw what happened to his co-accused in the kangaroo court." Graham's co-accused, Arlo Looking Cloud, was convicted of first-degree murder two years ago and sentenced to life in prison.

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