Directors David France and Jesse Short Bull describe the Indigenous activist's ongoing fight for Native American rights after ...
BELCOURT, ND — When people from near and far gathered here for two days last week to celebrate the homecoming of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, it was members of the American Indian ...
The movement grabbed headlines in 1973 when it took over the village of Wounded Knee on Pine ... along with Joseph Stuntz, another AIM member. Leonard Peltier holds a copy of his commutation ...
As drummers sang, 80-year-old Chippewa and Lakota activist Leonard Peltier ... many of AIM’s members who were arrested and jailed following the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee. Peltier was released ...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to return ... in 1973 during the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee on the Oglala Lakota Nation’s reservation in South Dakota, where federal agents faced off ...
While “Free Leonard Peltier” uses interviews ... hundreds of Native American activists — led by members of AIM — seized Wounded Knee, leading to a monthslong occupation.
We’re still in danger,” Peltier ... of Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge, leading to a 71-day standoff with federal agents. They also protested at Alcatraz and the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters. For ...
The movement grabbed headlines in 1973 when it took over the village of Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge ... a threat to the people's autonomy. Peltier and other AIM members got into a confrontation ...