More than 100 people gathered Jan. 25 on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site of the June 26, 1975, shootout that left two FBI agents and a Native man dead
The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday
Directors Jesse Short Bull and David France have diligently assembled a potent history lesson about Leonard Peltier, whom President Biden pardoned.
This Leonard Peltier documentary is narrated by the one and only Robert Redford and has a whopping 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Dive in.
The 11th hour clemency of Leonard Peltier has touched off a wave of joy, but it also brings pain to those who believe he should remain in prison for murder.
Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.
Sundance: Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary about the American Indian Movement member who was imprisoned since 1976 for killing two FBI agents is a disappointment.
Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.
Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who had been imprisoned for nearly 50 years, on Jan. 20.
President Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, an imprisoned Native American rights activist, using his final minutes of presidential power on Monday to free a man who has spent nearly 50 years in federal prison after he was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of two F.B.I. agents.
Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.