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In 1972 Pictou participated in the Trail of Broken Treaties march of American Indian activists to Washington, D. C ..

Protesters occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs national headquarters and presented a list of 20 demands to the government, 12 of them dealing with treaty issues.

In Boston, Pictou had met Nogeeshik Aquash, from Walpole Island, Canada, and they began a relationship.