Planning for the upcoming He Sapa Otipi American Indian Center in Rapid City encourages input from all community members during various planning sessions, the first of which was on Jan.
Native leaders, journalists and those impacted by the 1975 shootout on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that led to Leonard Peltier's conviction shared relief, joy and skepticism about for
The Native American activist says he did not receive a fair trial in the slayings of FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted in 1977 for the murders of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
President Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents, within the final hour of his presidency. “The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.
Former President Joe Biden set presidential records for pardons and commutations during his time in office, a number he boosted by 2,500 people last week. Among those receiving last-second clemency: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier,
President Joe Biden, as one of his last acts on Monday, commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who was serving life in prison after being convicted of killing two FBI agents 50 years ago on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to advance House Joint Resolution 5001, an amendment to the state constitution that would condition Medicaid expansion only if federal medical assistance covers at least 90% of the costs,
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.