The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him ...

This Day in History – Feb. 6, 1976.  Forty-nine years ago today, February 6, 1976, Leonard Peltier was arrested in western ...

The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday.

Leonard Peltier, 80, had been serving two life sentences ... Peltier and three others were arrested for fatally shooting the G-men. He was convicted in 1977. Around the time of his arrest, he ...

More than 100 people gathered Jan. 25 on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site of the June 26, 1975, shootout that left two ...

Peltier consistently maintained his innocence in the agents’ shooting deaths ... Peltier in his bids for clemency, told CNN. “Leonard has always wanted to live out the rest of his life ...

This man has been in prison for nearly 48 years. He is America’s longest serving political prisoner. He has not been pardoned ...

For the family of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, the news that President Biden had granted clemency to Native American activist Leonard Peltier shortly before leaving office came as a surprise."We were not ...

WASHINGTON — In one of his final acts while in office, outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the shooting ...

outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the shooting deaths of two federal agents during a standoff at ...

Leonard Peltier, citizen of Turtle Mountain Band ... a federal detention center in Sumter County. He admitted shooting at the agents but always maintained his innocence. “ ...