Iconic Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida on February 18, 2025, ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping ... and his action to commute the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. It allowed Peltier to transition to home confinement ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden issued a last-minute set of grants for clemency, which included members of his family, Democratic politicians and Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was ...

It’s a busy weekend for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. The Lawrence-based team is combing 30,000 pages of recently released FBI documents relating to the imprisoned American Indian’s case.

Protesters carry a large painting of jailed indigenous activist Leonard Peltier during a Plymouth, Mass., march. (Steven Senne/Associated Press) The FBI had urged former President Joe Biden not to ...

A month ago, Haaland called Balkowitsch with a suggestion: take a portrait of Leonard Peltier. The Belcourt native and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa had his prison sentence ...

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his ...

RAPID CITY, S.D.? The former wife of AIM co-founder Dennis Banks told jurors Wednesday that she was with Anna Mae Aquash and others when Leonard Peltier bragged about killing two FBI agents in 1975.

“Free Leonard Peltier,” the opening night feature for the 44th Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival sold out three theaters at The Main Cinema, and for good reason. The powerful and timely ...

Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who spent half a century in prison after being convicted of killing two FBI agents, was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida on Tuesday.

A parole hearing was held Monday for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota.

Create an account or log in to save stories. The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival began Wednesday night. The documentary “Free Leonard Peltier" opened the festival with three ...