Native American activist leaves prison

Leonard Peltier welcomed back to tribal homeland by Native American community: ‘I am not broken’
After 49 years in prison, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released on Feb. 18. And now his Indigenous community is celebrating with a “welcome home” event. The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians citizen and former American Indian Movement (AIM) activist had been serving two life sentences for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents
Native American activists laud release of Leonard Peltier after 50 years in prison
Peltier was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the slayings of two FBI agents in 1975. He arrived home in North Dakota after he was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida.
Native American activist leaves prison after Biden commutation
Leonard Peltier, convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI agents, has maintained his innocence for nearly 50 years.
Native American activist released from prison will be welcomed to North Dakota home
BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of Native American activist Leonard Peltier plan to welcome him back to his North Dakota community on Wednesday, a day after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier, freed from prison, is welcomed on North Dakota reservation
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was ... stemming from a 1975 confrontation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were killed ...
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American Indian activist Leonard Peltier addresses lively crowd after prison release
It's been 49 years straight in prison for something I didn't do,” Leonard Peltier said, close to tears. “I didn't think I was going to make it.” ...
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A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation
Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist ... of two F.B.I. agents during a shootout on a reservation in South Dakota in 1975. To many law enforcement officials, Mr. Peltier is ...