South Dakota American Indian Movement

Leonard Peltier, Native American

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier addresses lively crowd after prison release

It's been 49 years straight in prison for something I didn't do,” Leonard Peltier said, close to tears. “I didn't think I was going to make it.”

PBS · 10d

Native American activist Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden commuted his life sentence

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 commuting his life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

Associated Press · 16h

Leonard Peltier vows to continue fight for Native American rights after 49 years in prison

In his first interview since leaving prison, Leonard Peltier maintains his innocence and tells the Associated Press his release marks a new era in his fight for Indigenous rights.

The Hill · 8h

Leonard Peltier maintains innocence, vows continued activism

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

Post-Bulletin5d

American Indian Movement members watch over ‘lekší’ Leonard Peltier

"It's a day of victory for Leonard and those of us who have been involved in the struggle with him for 40 or 50 years," Mitch ...

The New York Times8d

A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation

Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist ... of two F.B.I. agents during a shootout on a reservation in South Dakota in 1975. To many law enforcement officials, Mr. Peltier is ...

Native American activist leaves prison after Biden commutation

Leonard Peltier, convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI agents, has maintained his innocence for nearly 50 years.

Native American activist released from prison will be welcomed to North Dakota home

BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of Native American activist Leonard Peltier plan to welcome him back to his North Dakota ...

10h

‘I’m embarrassed’: SD House unanimously rejects repeal of veteran burial program

The House of Representatives unanimously voted against former Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposal to eliminate funding for veteran ...

Rapid City Journal1d

South Dakota Senate passes resolution urging United States to rescind Dakota Removal Act

One hundred and sixty-two years ago Dakota people were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in Minnesota and ...

2don MSN

Black History Month: St. Louis' pioneering role in the sit-in movement

These courageous efforts, led by a group of activists, laid the groundwork for future civil rights campaigns in the city and ...

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra reviving Pulitzer-winning opera for their finale show

All eyes on David Gier for his 'Giants in the Earth' concert, originally performed in 1951 and based on a novel about Norwegian settlers in the 1870s.

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