Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, which he denies.

Feb 18, 2025 · Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, returned to his home Tuesday in North Dakota hours after...

5 days ago · Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist, returned to North Dakota, where, under home confinement, he will serve the remainder of his life sentence for the murders of two F.B.I....

6 days ago · Mr. Peltier’s murder conviction and two life sentences, stemming from a 1975 shootout with F.B.I. agents on a reservation, have been widely criticized. By Isabelle Taft Leonard Peltier, a Native ...

6 days ago · Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist who, after becoming one of the best-known indigenous rights activists in North America, was convicted in 1977 of having murdered two FBI agents. His life sentence was commuted by Pres. Joe Biden in 2025.

Mar 24, 2022 · Peltier was a member of the American Indian Movement, a grassroots activist organization that began in Minneapolis in the 1960s to challenge police brutality and the oppression of Native...

Jan 27, 2025 · Founded in Minneapolis in 1968, the American Indian Movement adopted what its Ojibwe co-founder Clyde Bellecourt called “confrontation politics” to combat police violence and discrimination and advocate for sovereignty and cultural and political autonomy.

Feb 18, 2025 · Leonard Peltier, a Native American rights activist held for nearly half a century for the killing of two F.B.I. agents, was released from a federal prison in Central Florida on Tuesday morning.

The tribal chairman hired vigilantes, self titled as “GOONS,” to rid the reservation of American Indian Movement (AIM) activity and sentiment. More than 60 traditional tribal members and AIM members were murdered and scores more were assaulted.

2 days ago · A member of the American Indian Movement provides security for Leonard Peltier on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, during a celebratory event and community feed hosted by NDN Collective at the Sky Dancer ...