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Write Leonard Peltier a letter of solidarity today!
As everyone is painfully aware, Trump did not grant clemency to Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier, despite a hard-fought clemency campaign by attorney Kevin Sharp and determined solidarity efforts by many people for his freedom.
It is not time to be discouraged, it is time to continue the fight!
February 6, 2021 will mark 45 years of Leonard’s unjust imprisonment. In 1976 the FBI’s false claims led to Leonard’s extradition from Canada to face trial in the United States.
For a full background on Leonard Peltier’s struggle, watch the documentaries Incident at Oglala by filmmaker Michael Apted and Warrior by Suzie Bare. The book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen is also essential reading to understand the U.S. war on Native people and the American Indian Movement, and the railroading of Leonard Peltier.