Before the session, Balkowitsch read Peltier’s 1999 book, “Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance” so he could understand somewhat where Peltier may be coming from. "U.S. Prisoner Number ...

“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 ...

On January 19, 2025, the last full day of Joe Biden’s presidency, he commuted Leonard Peltier's two consecutive life sentences to home confinement at his residence in Belcourt, North Dakota. On ...

'Coexistence, My Ass!', about Israeli comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi, won the top prize at the Thessaloniki Int'l Documentary Festival in Greece.

It’s an elusive dream for so many docmakers: to impact legislation, to find justice, to make a difference. To change the world. With Free Leonard Peltier, filmmakers Jesse Short Bull (Lakota ...

Leonard Peltier’s homecoming speech: ... “I was convicted for something I didn’t do. I was a young man when I entered prison, I was 32 years old. Today I’m 80, ... Peltier spent his time writing books ...

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 ...

His release drew supporters outside the prison, including some of his family members. "Our relative, Leonard Peltier, has been incarcerated for 50 years in a Draconian system, and I'm from Arizona. We ...

BELCOURT, N.D. - Leonard Peltier crossed the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation line with a raised fist. The 80-year-old Native American activist imprisoned for nearly 50 years in connection with ...

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 life sentence to ...

Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI agents, walked out of a federal prison in Florida on Tuesday to return to his tribal homelands in North Dakota.