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~~ 7 MICU GIS UTI VIC CUI FW i My ( _ 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphic ‘ennsylvania 19102 « Phone (215) 241 WALLACE T, COWLETT . Chowmon . LOUIS W. SCHNEIDER Executive Seccotory June 2, 1976 Director hoo Federal Bureau of. Investigation U,_S. Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20535. . ! Clarence M. Kelley _ iy ? Dear Mr. Kelley: - fo : ze: : The Bnerican Friends Service Committed has been informed that the Can Government, through its Embassy in Washington, has approached the U.S. State Department to request an urgent investigation into the handling of the case of a Canadian citizen, Anna Mae Aquash, whose body was found on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota last February. According to report: the American Friends Service Committee has independently received, she was first declared dead of exposure but.a later autopsy at the request of her family determined she had died of gunshot wounds. ~In addition, it was reported that the hands were cut off her. dead body and sent to the FBI for fingerprint verification, a procedure which can only be characterized as al : -gruesome , and -which-raises_grave_ ques tfons about: the procedure used. Canada, has asked us to support Canadian Quaker initiatives in seeking a . thorough U.S. investigation of the case and appropriate subsequent action, | which might well include compensation to the famijy for mistreatment of the | deceased.—_—— . :. - | The Canadian Friends Service Committee, our sister Quaker organization in We eartiestly support the Canadian Quaker initiative and urge your earliest effective response to the request transmitted through the Canadian Government. President Gerald R. Ford We are sending identical letters to: aa VV 3. . Secretary of State Kissinge .. . Attorney General Levi. PSRECS2 J00- WI3G 4 ~ 67 $ Your personal interest in “Advancing the handling of the request seems called w. for and we would greatly appreciate your effort to do so. - iy" 1 { 5 “4 Sincere] yours, oo moe . . pe - . a we if ee oo , are Lopis W. Schneider ly . 4 23 JUN 1923 \ : LWS:at Lh LR ORK 8 5 : wild Le — BUY caw . Re