“In the aftermath of the Pine Ridge shootout, Peltier fled to Canada, where he was taken into RCMP custody in February 1976. The arrest was based on an affidavit signed by a woman named Myrtle Poor Bear. Poor Bear claimed to be Peltier’s girlfriend and told U.S....
Leonard Peltier Mural painting April 16th & 17th More Olympia, WA: 2nd Annual Social Justice Bloc Party, Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural, Capitol Way and State Avenue, 22-23 Apr. More Portland State Pow Wow on 23 Apr. Albuquerque, NM: Gathering of Nations Pow Wow,...
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 March 2016 Contact: Peter Clark, International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, 202 Harvard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, (505) 217-3612; contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info Attorneys seek clemency for Leonard Peltier It was...
Amnesty International – USA Press Release March 14, 2016 Lawyers for Leonard Peltier, an Anishinabe-Lakota Native American and leading member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who has been imprisoned for over 40 years despite serious concerns about the...