Peltier fled to Canada before his 1977 trial. He was eventually extradited back to the United States, found guilty and given two life sentences. “Leonard Peltier’s release is the right thing ...

Mr. Peltier’s murder conviction and two life sentences, stemming from a 1975 shootout with F.B.I. agents on a reservation, have been widely criticized. By Isabelle Taft Leonard Peltier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison ...

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 ...

Members of Leonard Peltier's legal team at the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, FL. By: Josh Holton (2/18/2025) Yesterday Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison ...

Leonard Peltier, the 80-year-old activist and "remorseless killer" who has been in prison for just shy of 50 years in connection with a 1975 ambush shooting that left two FBI agents dead on a ...

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his ...

BELCOURT, N.D. — 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 ...

Biden Jr. will allow him to serve his remaining time under home confinement. By Shaila Dewan Leonard Peltier, a Native American rights activist held for nearly half a century for the killing of ...