ONTARIO—Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory’s own Jonathan Peltier of the Justice Program was one of the keynote speakers at the Chiefs of Ontario Mental Wellness and Substance Use conference, held in Coll ...

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

Supporters of Mr. Peltier, who include tribal leaders, lawmakers and global figures, have long pushed for his release, arguing that he was unjustly convicted after an unfair trial. But former and ...

The daughters of Mi’kmaq woman from Nova Scotia who was shot execution-style in 1975 see Leonard Peltier’s release as ...

“Tribal Nations, Nobel Peace laureates, former law enforcement officials (including the former U.S. Attorney whose office oversaw Mr. Peltier’s prosecution and appeal), dozens of ...

Fifty years later, on his last day in office, President Biden granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, who murdered Williams. Mr. Peltier then fled to Canada, firing at Oregon State Police officers on ...

Mr. Biden also commuted the life sentence for Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who was convicted of killing two F.B.I. agents in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Peltier, a prominent Native American activist before his arrest, has always proclaimed his innocence in the crime. "This commutation will enable Mr. Peltier to spend his remaining days in home ...

“This commutation will enable Mr. Peltier to spend his remaining days in home confinement but will not pardon him for his underlying crimes,” Biden wrote. Peltier, who is 80 years ...

In his last official day in office, Biden issued an official statement of commutation. “This commutation will enable Mr. Peltier to spend his remaining days in home confinement but will not pardon him ...

“The power to exercise mercy in this case lies solely within your discretion, and we urge you to grant Mr. Peltier clemency, allowing him to return home and live out his remaining days among his ...