President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of ...

Former reporter Mike Schilling recalls his Springfield prison interview with activist Leonard Peltier, whose sentence was ...

The good news of Peltier's pardon means his long nightmare is finally over. But "Free Leonard Peltier" makes it very clear what a terrible injustice it has been for the serving of justice to have ...

More than 100 people gathered Jan. 25 on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site of the June 26, 1975, shootout that left two FBI agents and a Native man dead ...

We speak with the NDN Collective’s Nick Tilsen, who just visited Leonard Peltier in prison after news of his sentence commutation, about fighting for Peltier’s freedom, his health and Trump ...

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

As recently as a week ago, Free Leonard Peltier ended with its now 80-year ... parking lot at the Coleman Federal Penitentiary as the news comes in. The activists and film crew went there and ...

Leonard Peltier, citizen of Turtle Mountain Band of ... already spent in prison,” said Biden in a statement Monday. MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding.

After hearing the news, Means said he had to take a moment to let Peltier’s clemency sink in. “All those years of marching, of being supportive of various activities for Leonard Peltier ...

Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.

The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday ...

The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.