Mary Dann
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Mary Dann (d. 22 April 2005) is a Native American activist.
A member of the Western Shoshone tribe, Mary Dann and her sister Carrie have been active in the movement to recover millions of acres of land that originally belonged to the Shoshone tribe. Much of this land, consisting of a large portion of Nevada and four other states, was seized as part of the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.
Mary Dann was killed in an accident on her ranch in central Nevada.
On April 1, 2007 Carrie Dann was arrested, with 38 other activists, for tresspassing at the Nevada Test Site at a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting the Nevada Test Site.
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