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Since his imprisonment, the 80-year-old activist has served as a symbol for many of the continued oppression of Native American people in the U.S., because his trial was reportedly marked by ...
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.
This category includes Native Americans in the United States who are activists for various causes. For activists on behalf of the rights of Native Americans, see Category:Activists for Native American rights .
The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, [1] initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against American Indians. [2]
Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, was released Tuesday morning from a federal prison in Florida ...
Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents and incarcerated for nearly five decades while maintaining his innocence, was released from a Florida prison on ...
The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by a collective of Native American activists. The group was founded in response to racist treatment from federal policy and to fight for Indigenous rights. [26]
Native American activists (10 C, 237 P) Pages in category "Indigenous activists of North America" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.