Leonard Peltier

Native American activist

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In the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, Southeastern Division
United States of America, appellee, against Leonard Peltier, defendant-appellant
Ghost Rider Roads
Prison Writings
In total resistance

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Country: US
Active from: 1944-09-12

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Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. Peltier became eligible for parole in 1993.

In his 1999 memoir Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance, Peltier admitted to participating in the shootout but said he did not kill the FBI agents. However, witnesses say he confessed, including Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols, who testified against him at trial. Human rights watchdogs, such as Amnesty International, and political figures including the 14th Dalai Lama, campaigned for clemency for Peltier.