Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted on April 18, 1977 of two counts of first-degree murder of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge ...

Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted in 1977 for the murders of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Leonard Peltier, 80, had been serving two life sentences behind bars but will now carry out the remainder of his time at home instead. He had been part of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.

Peltier, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, was a prominent figure in the American Indian Movement (AIM), which gained national attention in the 1970s for its advocacy of ...

Peltier, 80, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, had been serving two life sentences at a federal penitentiary in Florida for the 1975 slayings of agents Ronald Williams and Jack ...

Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota, is currently serving two life sentences at a federal prison in Florida From left: Betty Ann Peltier Solano, Julie ...