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two shoes in 1971 at age 21 9 april 2010 minneapolis , minnesota fort peck reservation , montana assiniboine sioux 24 march 1950 mentor and activist within native american community minnie two shoes 1971.jpg minnie two shoes
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minnie two shoes

minnie two shoes -lrb- march 24 , 1950 -- april 9 , 2010 -rrb- was a publicist for the american indian movement from 1970 -- 76 and worked most of her life in journalism and advancing native american people and causes .
she helped found the native american press association in 1984 , which became the native american journalists association in 1990 .
she co-founded the wolf point traditional women 's society and edited two magazines : `` native peoples '' and `` aboriginal voices '' .
she taught college journalism , and owned a production company .
she was also a contributing writer for `` news from indian country '' .
she worked with the wotanin wowapi at fort peck as a writer and columnist for `` red road home '' .
as a journalist , she wrote about water rights , air quality , the environment , oil , gas and economic development .
along with other leaders in the american indian movement , she was featured in the film `` the spirit of annie mae '' .
indeed , she is often cited as being instrumental in uncovering information regarding the 1975 murder of annie mae aquash -lrb- annie mae pictou-aquash -rrb- .
she knew annie mae personally .
she was highly regarded as a mentor and activist in her community .
ronnie washines , president of the native american journalists association in 2010 , said of her : `` she was a sincere advocate of free press , free speech and free food for everyone . ''
minnie two shoes was an assiniboine sioux from the fort peck reservation in montana .
she earned her bachelor 's degree in community development from native american education service college in fort peck in 1983 .
she also studied at the university of missouri-columbia school of journalism 1987-90 and was a co-founder of the native american student association .
she worked as an instructor in communications at the fort peck college 1992-93 .
she had five children : daughters pahinskwe two shoes and tateyumniwi carmichael and sons honwe nupa two shoes , peta tinda two shoes and makbiya wambli carmichael .
her husband , whose death preceded hers , was john carmichael .
she had five sisters : jackie ramuer , marlee eder , marie knowles , margie eder and beverly ruella ; and one brother : peter ruella .
minnie two shoes died in minneapolis , minnesota on april 9 , 2010 after battling cancer .
