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.

6 days ago · The campaign to free Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier has achieved a significant victory. Within his final minutes as president, Joe Biden issued a public statement granting Leonard Peltier executive clemency.

Jan 20, 2025 · President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of the U.S. government’s mistreatment of Native Americans. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 and of declining health, will transition to home confinement.

2 days ago · Leonard Peltier is an American Indian activist who, after becoming one of the best-known indigenous rights activists in North America, was convicted in 1977 of having murdered two FBI agents. His life sentence was commuted by Pres. Joe Biden in 2025.

Jan 20, 2025 · Thirty-five Indigenous leaders and allies arrested outside the White House this afternoon as they join hundreds of Tribal leaders and supporters in urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier on his 79th birthday on Tuesday September,12, 2023 in Washington.

Jan 20, 2025 · Just moments before leaving office, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents....

Peltier was a member of the American Indian Movement, a grassroots activist organization that began in Minneapolis in the 1960s to challenge police brutality and the oppression of Native...

Jan 20, 2025 · The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) celebrates the historic decision to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old elder of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, federal boarding school survivor, and one of the longest incarcerated Native American political prisoners. In his final moments in office, President Biden commuted ...

Jun 10, 2024 · An enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe, Peltier was active in the American Indian Movement, which began in the 1960s as a local organization in Minneapolis that grappled...

The tribal chairman hired vigilantes, self titled as “GOONS,” to rid the reservation of American Indian Movement (AIM) activity and sentiment. More than 60 traditional tribal members and AIM members were murdered and scores more were assaulted.