Native American activist Leonard Peltier is an important figure in the fight for indigenous rights in the U.S., and for decades, a Hawaii attorney had been on the front lines of his cause.

I am finally free. They may have imprisoned me, but they never took my spirit. --Leonard Peltier, Feb. 18, 2025 Native American activist Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving federal

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday based on former President Joe Biden having commuted his life sentence for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, a decision that elated Peltier's supporters while angering law enforcement officials who believe in his guilt.