John Graham (Canadian activist)
| John Graham | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Graham 1954-7 (age 55–56) |
| Nationality | First Nations |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Organization | American Indian Movement |
| Known for | The Native People's Caravan The Beothuk Patrol Triggerman in the murder of AIM Activist Anna Mae Aquash |
| Children | 8 children (including Naneek Graham, Chusia Graham, Jimi and Dezi) |
| Parent(s) | Rachael Thompson (Mother) |
| Website | John Graham Defense Committee |
John Graham, who allegedly went by the alias John Boy Patton and John Boy Patten in the presence of members of the American Indian Movement, was a Native American activist. He is perhaps best known for being the person who executed fellow American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash using a firearm.
Graham was born in Whitehorse,Yukon, Canada and is a member of the Southern Tutchone Champagne and Aishihik First Nations ethnic group. One source indicates that Graham is from Haines Junction, Yukon.
Graham's birth year falls somewhere between the years of 1954 and 1957. In 1974, when Graham participated in the Native People's Caravan in 1974, he was 17 years, meaning he was either born in 1957, or would be turning 18, and thus born in 1956 and 1957. Several sources also identify Graham as being 55-years-old at the time the guilty verdict was read. This would place his year of birth at 1954 (if he was 55-year-olds, and going on 56) or 1955 (if he had turned 55-years-old).
John Graham is a father of eight who was living in Vancouver.
Graham had spent many years in the capacity of an activist. He was known to participate in Lakota resistance for traditional territories, and protesting uranium mining Northern Saskatchewan.
In 1974, when Graham was 17, he participated in the Native Peoples’ Caravan from Vancouver to Ottawa, an unauthorized occupation event in which 300 participants from the Caravan moved into the abandoned Carbide Mill building on Victoria Island, behind the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, for 5 months. Graham was also active in protest throughout other Canadian provinces. In Vancouver, Graham also participated as a member the Beothuck Patrol, a First Nations group which conducted street level monitoring of police harassment.
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