After spending nearly 50 years behind bars, American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier is finally free.
He said it was all their letters of support and acts of protest for his release that kept him going. Peltier said there were moments in the last few years where he began to lose hope that he would ...
News writer Graham Lee Brewer and video journalist Mark Vancleave secured AP’s exclusive interview with Leonard Peltier ...
Free Leonard Peltier' directors David France and Jesse Short Bull on Native American icon's 50 year trail to freedom.
Directors David France and Jesse Short Bull describe the Indigenous activist's ongoing fight for Native American rights after his release from prison.
BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful for his supporters as they welcomed him home to North Dakota on Wednesday ...
Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview in Belcourt, N.D, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview in Belcourt, N.D, on Tuesday ...
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 ...