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The Native activist spent nearly fifty years in prison for the killing of two F.B.I. agents. In January, Joe Biden commuted ...

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 ...

Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview in Belcourt, N.D, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge ...

Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism by By GRAHAM LEE BREWER, Associated Press - 02/28/25 2:23 PM ET ...

BELCOURT, N.D. — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. He maintains his innocence in the deaths ...

He should still be in prison.” Peltier was not pardoned; Biden said he was commuting Peltier’s sentence because of his age, his declining health, and the long period he had already been in prison.

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.

Leonard Peltier, right, participates in a prayer with members of the NDN Collective in Belcourt, N.D, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents.