BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. Despite being convicted and sentenced to ...
After nearly 50 years in prison, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released ... Robert Redford, Kris Kristofferson and Jackson Browne, who argued he was falsely convicted in an unfair ...
Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist, returned to North Dakota, where, under home confinement, he will serve the remainder of his life sentence for the murders of two F.B.I. agents.
Directors David France and Jesse Short Bull describe the Indigenous activist's ongoing fight for Native American rights after ...
MINOT — Leonard Peltier, convicted decades ago for the murder of two federal law enforcement agents, has been released from prison and welcomed back home, with much jubilation, by his friends ...
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful for his supporters as they welcomed him home to North Dakota on Wednesday, a day after his release from a ...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier celebrates after being released from prison on Feb. 18, 2025. Former President Joe Biden commuted his life sentence in the killing of two FBI agents in 1975.
As drummers sang, 80-year-old Chippewa and Lakota activist Leonard Peltier walked into a room full of nearly 500 supporters and family members during a welcome home celebration. Led by Native ...
SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by ...
You would have been hard-pressed to find a timelier film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival than “Free Leonard Peltier,” directors Jesse Short Bull and David France’s documentary about ...