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.

3 days ago · Leonard Peltier himself was a survivor of Indian child removal policy, being stolen away from his family when he was nine years old and sent to the Wahpeton Boarding School in North Dakota. Peltier’s story of survival was brought up during the May 11, 2022, press conference announcing the landmark study by the Department of Interior into the ...

Jan 21, 2025 · President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Peltier, 80, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota. Biden’s order as he leaves office is to take effect Feb. 18. A statement from Biden said ...

Jan 20, 2025 · One of the last acts of President Biden before he left office was to commute the sentence of jailed Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier had been serving two life sentences, convicted of killing two FBI agents at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1975.

Jan 23, 2025 · Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944, Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.) is an American Indian (mostly Ojibwa) activist who, after becoming one of the best-known indigenous rights activists in North America, was convicted in 1977 of having murdered two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Joe Biden, as one of his last acts on Monday, commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who was serving life in prison after being convicted of killing two FBI agents 50 years ago on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier, 80, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.

Jan 20, 2025 · In a first-person account published by Native News Online, Peltier said he was forcibly taken from his grandmother to a North Dakota boarding school when he was 9 years old. He wrote the staff ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier to return home to North Dakota following Monday morning clemency from Biden. ... Peltier will be sent back to North Dakota by Feb. 18, though his team is hoping ...

3 days ago · Between 1952 and 1955, Peltier attended the Wahpeton Indian School in North Dakota. In a letter sent to Native News Online in 2022, Peltier wrote of being forced to attend the school from the age of 9 after U.S. government officials ordered his grandmother to hand over custody of him and his sisters, threatening her with jail if she did not comply.

Jan 20, 2025 · (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) – Former President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Peltier, 80, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.