For decades, as one of the longest-serving political prisoners in the United States, Leonard Peltier was a focal point for political activism and symbol of the white man’s injustice toward Native Americans. In April 1977, Peltier was convicted of the murder of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams on...
On January 28th, Brian Schatz, (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs urged President Biden to commute the sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier and send him home. A Lakota and Chippewa, Peltier has now been in prison for 46 years, making him among the...