4 days ago · After many years of petitioning and legal battles American Indian Movement activist, Leonard Peltier, is going home. ... Minneapolis, MN 55455. Intranet. Connect [email protected] 612-624-1338. Make a Gift. Find information on ways to …

Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

4 days ago · Among Joe Biden’s final actions as his presidential term wound to a close was the commutation of Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Indigenous activist who had been federally imprisoned for almost 50 years. ... In 2022, AIM and NDN Collective members staged a massive public action, walking from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C., to raise public ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Just moments before leaving office, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier...

Jan 20, 2025 · President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of the U.S. government’s mistreatment of Native Americans. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 and of declining health, will transition to home confinement.

6 days ago · The UN independent expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday welcomed the decision by outgoing US President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous leader who has spent nearly 50 years in prison under controversial circumstances.

Jan 20, 2025 · Leonard Peltier, citizen of Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, gave an interview to MIGIZI Communications while standing trial in Wisconsin for the attempted murder of a police officer. Peltier...

Jan 20, 2025 · In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents....

Jan 20, 2025 · Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was ...

Jan 22, 2025 · After nearly 50 years in prison, Peltier, convicted in the fatal shootings of two FBI agents on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, will soon be heading home.