Obama Free Leonard Peltier!
Obama Please Offer Presidential Pardon To Leonard Peltier!
Whereas, common sense dictates a %u201CPresidential Pardon%u201D to Mr. Leonard Peltier, the American Indian who has been wrongfully imprisoned by the u.s. government for over 30 years, and
Whereas, on June 26, 1975, two FBI agents stormed (guns a-blazing) onto private property of a private home and were shot under the rules of basic, human, self-defense by friends of the homeowners. A group of American Indian Movement (AIM) members - including Leonard Peltier, were present that day to defend the %u201Ctraditional%u201D-minded Lakota %u201CSioux%u201D elder residents, Mr. and Mrs. Jumping Bull. The Jumping Bull%u2019s spoke their ancient Lakota language and practiced their old Lakota way of life, and their lives depended upon the requested, protective presence of AIM and Leonard Peltier.
For years government policy dictated criminalizing anything %u201Ctraditional%u201D, such as Lakota customs, religion, language, etc., in order to steal and occupy Lakota land, water, resources, and gold. Traditional people were targets, during the mid-1970%u2018s, by vigilantes of the %u201Ctribal council%u201D of the Pine Ridge Lakota Indian reservation.
The Lakota people are of the northern plains region whose homelands surround the %u201CHe Sapa%u201D or %u201CBlack Jagged-Rocky-Mountains%u201D (often called the "Black Hills") of present day South Dakota, and whose Lakota territories include western South Dakota, eastern and central Wyoming, and northwestern Nebraska.
The Lakota are of the understanding that the original %u201Ccreation%u201D of their race brought them forth from within the Sacred %u201CWind Caves%u201D of the He Sapa. These are the people of the Indigenous icon %u201CTasunke Witko%u201C or %u201CCrazy Horse%u201D, the famed Lakota %u201CMaster Hunter.%u201D
Tasunke Witko was assassinated by u.s. government agents in 1877. His forces defeated the greatest u.s. army general in history - Custer and his 7th Cavalry, in the first, last, and only %u201Cfair%u201D fight between the u.s. and Lakota on June 25, 1876 at the Little Big Horn Battle in southern Montana.
Custer was on direct, sure course to becoming the next u.s. president - ahead in polls by a staggering 85% over his challenger, incumbent Grant. This was until, however, Grant quite conveniently ordered the main and largest group of soldiers who were to assist at the Bighorn, to %u201Chold back%u201D that fateful day - leaving Custer in the unfamiliar, fair battle.
Later after his death (the poor guy), the embarrassing battle would find Custer continually discredited and even demoted by history writers from his reputation of top (Colin Powell-ish) General-Of-The-Day. At the current rate of such writings, Custer may soon be known in the books as a mere %u201Cprivate%u201D in command of twenty men with rusty pocket knives.
Prior to this battle, the u.s. army habitually attacked peaceful camps of Lakota women and children, brutalizing and murdering thousands. This strategy culminated with a %u201Cre-established 7th%u201D avenging the 1876 Custer defeat on December 29th, 1890, with a massacre of 453 innocent Lakota along Wounded Knee Creek in the heart of what is now called the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Lakota were previously disarmed six miles away the day prior near Porcupine Butte amid media propaganda that the Indians were %u201Ccrazed%u201D with a %u201Cghost dance%u201D cult - lowly government information in attempts to justify the murders.
Tasunke Witko died fighting to protect the sacred Black Hills from illegal gold mining, theft, and occupation by the invading u.s. government in violation of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. Crazy Horse was a citizen of the Lakota Nation, of the large Nakota Nation of peoples whose citizens includes the people with the language dialects of the Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, and Lakota.
The Nakota Nation is signatory to the 1851 Treaty, and the Lakota refer to it as the %u201CTreaty of Long Meadows.%u201D The 1851 Treaty is an international agreement between the government of the United States and eight Indigenous Red %u201CIndian%u201D Nations of the northern plains region of Great Turtle Island (the %u201Cwestern hemisphere%u201C). These Indigenous homelands include portions of present day Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming.
The necessary female aspect for the authorization of this Treaty was secured through the ancient %u201COyate Omniciye%u201D or %u201CCircle Meeting of the Men and Women of the Camp%u201D for years prior to the Treaty, as the wise Lakota needed to get something %u201Csigned on paper%u201D in the way of the %u201Cwhite man%u201D so that the future generations of today could hold the document up for honoring.
The sacred Canunpa (misnomer %u201CPeace Pipe%u201D) has its origins with the Nakota Nation, with the DaNakota as care-takers of the sacred Red Stone Quarries from where the %u201Cpipestone%u201C is harvested in southwestern Minnesota. The so-called %u201CPeace Pipe%u201D, famed in movies and known to common, American school kids, was labeled a %u201Creligion%u201D and outlawed by the u.s. government. Use of it by the Lakota went underground as they were forced onto concentration camps called %u201Creservations.%u201D
The Canunpa was also misunderstood to hold %u201Cmarijuana%u201D or other mind altering herbs and is often alleged by the government and media as a vessel for getting %u201Chigh%u201D - although the sacred usage of the Canunpa is simply to give thanks to Grand Mother Earth and Grand Father Sky through the ceremonial smoking of Willow Bark and Tobacco during most special occasion.
The traditional Nakota understand that they are not %u201Csuperior%u201D to Animals, Trees, Rocks, and Nature in general, and are thankful for all of Nature and its provisions. They did not harbor %u201Cbeliefs%u201D, nor did they believe in a god, a devil, or other objects of the human imagination. In fact, to take the life of a Tree would require great ceremony and would require the offering of Tobacco and thanksgiving to the root of that tree.
The original White Buffalo Calf Canunpa (misnomer "Peace Pipe"), which maintains the Seven Great Ceremonies of the Nakota, was present during the Treaty of Long Meadows signing during September of 1851. At the Treaty gathering, over 50 thousand Indigenous people of the eight Red Nations were in attendance, along with the authorized Treaty representatives of the u.s. government, led by D. D. Mitchell.
The affair was one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in recent times. The camp was so immense, the thousands of Tipi%u2019s had to be relocated three times during the course of three weeks, with the Treaty finally agreed upon and signed on September 17, 1851, along %u201CHorse Creek%u201D in what is now western Nebraska.
The 1851 Treaty was the most important and last, final %u201Clegal%u201D Treaty between the u.s. and Nakota Nation. Years later in 1868, however, a unilateral, illegal fake-treaty was concocted by u.s. agents in 1868 utilizing a few %u201Cpaper chiefs%u201C in attempts to hide the 1851. But the 1851 Treaty of Long Meadows was forever to be protected from violation through Article VI of the Unites States Constitution, which states, %u201CTreaties made with Indian nations shall be the supreme law of the land%u2026 with the judges in every state bound thereby.%u201D
American Indian %u201Ctribal councils%u201C were set up by an illegal act of congress in 1934 to more or less remove women from the Indigenous governing process and to begin the final step of Indian %u201Ctermination%u201C (making Indians into simply %u2018poor Americans%u2019 with no land base). The American Indian Movement - of which Leonard Peltier was an active member - prevented termination, which now allows Indians to practice Life Renewal %u201CSweat Lodge%u201D, Sun Dance, and other previously outlawed ceremonies.
In 1975, the harassment of traditionals was a u.s./tribal council %u201Cpuppets%u201D attempt to thwart awareness of the quest for resources such as uranium, the main ingredient in nuclear bombs and nuclear radiation waste contamination. Today, we see this same type of resource theft and %u201Cpuppet%u201D governing implanting occurring in Iraq, where the %u201Csavage, uncivilized, bad%u201D Iraqis need to be dealt with, while, quite conveniently, the government also %u201Csecures%u201D the oil wells as this %u201CIraqi Problem%u201D gets sorted out. Current media/government figures are as of yet unavailable as to how many trillions worth of the Iraqi people%u2019s black gold has been spirited from Iraq oil fields and into the hands of Exxon Mobil and Halliburton since the Bush invasion.
Over nine TRILLION dollars worth of Lakota %u201CBlack Hills%u201D gold currently sits as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Should oppressed %u201CSioux Nation%u201D peoples be allowed to think freely, via practicing their ancient ways and the subsequent ascertainment of the old Lakota wisdom and common sense understanding, the occupation of their lands and resources would become most evident to them, and
Whereas, this knowledge, therefore, could allow exposure to these unknown, unspoken facts regarding the government%u2018s unknown, unspoken %u201CIndian Problem.%u201D This exposition might then, at great harm to the u.s. government%u2019s hidden genocidal scams, policies, and actions, penetrate into the awareness of the mainstream American people (voters and church-goers). This continued oppression and anti-%u201Dgod%u201D behavior against American Indian people may not serve government interests well, and
Whereas, the two FBI agents, 34 years ago, entered the Jumping Bull property in an unmarked vehicle - guns blazing - and were killed by Indigenous patriots protecting their relative%u2019s grand children and homes and was purely in self-defense. But a courtroom %u2018defense%u2019 was not even allowed to be claimed by Peltier%u2019s attorneys in the racist federal court in North Dakota.
There was self defense deaths that June day but there was only one murder - the death of AIM member Joseph Stuntz. To this day his murder has been uninvestigated and no one has yet to be charged. The only other murder that may occur is if Leonard Peltier is allowed to rot in prison by whoever is president.
Former president Clinton had a perfect opportunity to pardon Peltier, but he decided speaking engagements were more important (the FBI said they would not protect him during his speeches if he freed Leonard Peltier).
Therefore Be It Resolved, that we require the new incoming President Barack Obama immediately offer a Presidential Pardon to Mr. Leonard Peltier so that Leonard may join his children and grandchildren and continue the fight for Indigenous freedom.
Sincerely,
For more information regarding Leonard Peltier or the Nakota Nation, see www.1851Treaty.com
Obama Please Offer Presidential Pardon To Leonard Peltier!
Whereas, common sense dictates a %u201CPresidential Pardon%u201D to Mr. Leonard Peltier, the American Indian who has been wrongfully imprisoned by the u.s. government for over 30 years, and
Whereas, on June 26, 1975, two FBI agents stormed (guns a-blazing) onto private property of a private home and were shot under the rules of basic, human, self-defense by friends of the homeowners. A group of American Indian Movement (AIM) members - including Leonard Peltier, were present that day to defend the %u201Ctraditional%u201D-minded Lakota %u201CSioux%u201D elder residents, Mr. and Mrs. Jumping Bull. The Jumping Bull%u2019s spoke their ancient Lakota language and practiced their old Lakota way of life, and their lives depended upon the requested, protective presence of AIM and Leonard Peltier.
For years government policy dictated criminalizing anything %u201Ctraditional%u201D, such as Lakota customs, religion, language, etc., in order to steal and occupy Lakota land, water, resources, and gold. Traditional people were targets, during the mid-1970%u2018s, by vigilantes of the %u201Ctribal council%u201D of the Pine Ridge Lakota Indian reservation.
The Lakota people are of the northern plains region whose homelands surround the %u201CHe Sapa%u201D or %u201CBlack Jagged-Rocky-Mountains%u201D (often called the "Black Hills") of present day South Dakota, and whose Lakota territories include western South Dakota, eastern and central Wyoming, and northwestern Nebraska.
The Lakota are of the understanding that the original %u201Ccreation%u201D of their race brought them forth from within the Sacred %u201CWind Caves%u201D of the He Sapa. These are the people of the Indigenous icon %u201CTasunke Witko%u201C or %u201CCrazy Horse%u201D, the famed Lakota %u201CMaster Hunter.%u201D
Tasunke Witko was assassinated by u.s. government agents in 1877. His forces defeated the greatest u.s. army general in history - Custer and his 7th Cavalry, in the first, last, and only %u201Cfair%u201D fight between the u.s. and Lakota on June 25, 1876 at the Little Big Horn Battle in southern Montana.
Custer was on direct, sure course to becoming the next u.s. president - ahead in polls by a staggering 85% over his challenger, incumbent Grant. This was until, however, Grant quite conveniently ordered the main and largest group of soldiers who were to assist at the Bighorn, to %u201Chold back%u201D that fateful day - leaving Custer in the unfamiliar, fair battle.
Later after his death (the poor guy), the embarrassing battle would find Custer continually discredited and even demoted by history writers from his reputation of top (Colin Powell-ish) General-Of-The-Day. At the current rate of such writings, Custer may soon be known in the books as a mere %u201Cprivate%u201D in command of twenty men with rusty pocket knives.
Prior to this battle, the u.s. army habitually attacked peaceful camps of Lakota women and children, brutalizing and murdering thousands. This strategy culminated with a %u201Cre-established 7th%u201D avenging the 1876 Custer defeat on December 29th, 1890, with a massacre of 453 innocent Lakota along Wounded Knee Creek in the heart of what is now called the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Lakota were previously disarmed six miles away the day prior near Porcupine Butte amid media propaganda that the Indians were %u201Ccrazed%u201D with a %u201Cghost dance%u201D cult - lowly government information in attempts to justify the murders.
Tasunke Witko died fighting to protect the sacred Black Hills from illegal gold mining, theft, and occupation by the invading u.s. government in violation of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. Crazy Horse was a citizen of the Lakota Nation, of the large Nakota Nation of peoples whose citizens includes the people with the language dialects of the Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, and Lakota.
The Nakota Nation is signatory to the 1851 Treaty, and the Lakota refer to it as the %u201CTreaty of Long Meadows.%u201D The 1851 Treaty is an international agreement between the government of the United States and eight Indigenous Red %u201CIndian%u201D Nations of the northern plains region of Great Turtle Island (the %u201Cwestern hemisphere%u201C). These Indigenous homelands include portions of present day Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming.
The necessary female aspect for the authorization of this Treaty was secured through the ancient %u201COyate Omniciye%u201D or %u201CCircle Meeting of the Men and Women of the Camp%u201D for years prior to the Treaty, as the wise Lakota needed to get something %u201Csigned on paper%u201D in the way of the %u201Cwhite man%u201D so that the future generations of today could hold the document up for honoring.
The sacred Canunpa (misnomer %u201CPeace Pipe%u201D) has its origins with the Nakota Nation, with the DaNakota as care-takers of the sacred Red Stone Quarries from where the %u201Cpipestone%u201C is harvested in southwestern Minnesota. The so-called %u201CPeace Pipe%u201D, famed in movies and known to common, American school kids, was labeled a %u201Creligion%u201D and outlawed by the u.s. government. Use of it by the Lakota went underground as they were forced onto concentration camps called %u201Creservations.%u201D
The Canunpa was also misunderstood to hold %u201Cmarijuana%u201D or other mind altering herbs and is often alleged by the government and media as a vessel for getting %u201Chigh%u201D - although the sacred usage of the Canunpa is simply to give thanks to Grand Mother Earth and Grand Father Sky through the ceremonial smoking of Willow Bark and Tobacco during most special occasion.
The traditional Nakota understand that they are not %u201Csuperior%u201D to Animals, Trees, Rocks, and Nature in general, and are thankful for all of Nature and its provisions. They did not harbor %u201Cbeliefs%u201D, nor did they believe in a god, a devil, or other objects of the human imagination. In fact, to take the life of a Tree would require great ceremony and would require the offering of Tobacco and thanksgiving to the root of that tree.
The original White Buffalo Calf Canunpa (misnomer "Peace Pipe"), which maintains the Seven Great Ceremonies of the Nakota, was present during the Treaty of Long Meadows signing during September of 1851. At the Treaty gathering, over 50 thousand Indigenous people of the eight Red Nations were in attendance, along with the authorized Treaty representatives of the u.s. government, led by D. D. Mitchell.
The affair was one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in recent times. The camp was so immense, the thousands of Tipi%u2019s had to be relocated three times during the course of three weeks, with the Treaty finally agreed upon and signed on September 17, 1851, along %u201CHorse Creek%u201D in what is now western Nebraska.
The 1851 Treaty was the most important and last, final %u201Clegal%u201D Treaty between the u.s. and Nakota Nation. Years later in 1868, however, a unilateral, illegal fake-treaty was concocted by u.s. agents in 1868 utilizing a few %u201Cpaper chiefs%u201C in attempts to hide the 1851. But the 1851 Treaty of Long Meadows was forever to be protected from violation through Article VI of the Unites States Constitution, which states, %u201CTreaties made with Indian nations shall be the supreme law of the land%u2026 with the judges in every state bound thereby.%u201D
American Indian %u201Ctribal councils%u201C were set up by an illegal act of congress in 1934 to more or less remove women from the Indigenous governing process and to begin the final step of Indian %u201Ctermination%u201C (making Indians into simply %u2018poor Americans%u2019 with no land base). The American Indian Movement - of which Leonard Peltier was an active member - prevented termination, which now allows Indians to practice Life Renewal %u201CSweat Lodge%u201D, Sun Dance, and other previously outlawed ceremonies.
In 1975, the harassment of traditionals was a u.s./tribal council %u201Cpuppets%u201D attempt to thwart awareness of the quest for resources such as uranium, the main ingredient in nuclear bombs and nuclear radiation waste contamination. Today, we see this same type of resource theft and %u201Cpuppet%u201D governing implanting occurring in Iraq, where the %u201Csavage, uncivilized, bad%u201D Iraqis need to be dealt with, while, quite conveniently, the government also %u201Csecures%u201D the oil wells as this %u201CIraqi Problem%u201D gets sorted out. Current media/government figures are as of yet unavailable as to how many trillions worth of the Iraqi people%u2019s black gold has been spirited from Iraq oil fields and into the hands of Exxon Mobil and Halliburton since the Bush invasion.
Over nine TRILLION dollars worth of Lakota %u201CBlack Hills%u201D gold currently sits as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Should oppressed %u201CSioux Nation%u201D peoples be allowed to think freely, via practicing their ancient ways and the subsequent ascertainment of the old Lakota wisdom and common sense understanding, the occupation of their lands and resources would become most evident to them, and
Whereas, this knowledge, therefore, could allow exposure to these unknown, unspoken facts regarding the government%u2018s unknown, unspoken %u201CIndian Problem.%u201D This exposition might then, at great harm to the u.s. government%u2019s hidden genocidal scams, policies, and actions, penetrate into the awareness of the mainstream American people (voters and church-goers). This continued oppression and anti-%u201Dgod%u201D behavior against American Indian people may not serve government interests well, and
Whereas, the two FBI agents, 34 years ago, entered the Jumping Bull property in an unmarked vehicle - guns blazing - and were killed by Indigenous patriots protecting their relative%u2019s grand children and homes and was purely in self-defense. But a courtroom %u2018defense%u2019 was not even allowed to be claimed by Peltier%u2019s attorneys in the racist federal court in North Dakota.
There was self defense deaths that June day but there was only one murder - the death of AIM member Joseph Stuntz. To this day his murder has been uninvestigated and no one has yet to be charged. The only other murder that may occur is if Leonard Peltier is allowed to rot in prison by whoever is president.
Former president Clinton had a perfect opportunity to pardon Peltier, but he decided speaking engagements were more important (the FBI said they would not protect him during his speeches if he freed Leonard Peltier).
Therefore Be It Resolved, that we require the new incoming President Barack Obama immediately offer a Presidential Pardon to Mr. Leonard Peltier so that Leonard may join his children and grandchildren and continue the fight for Indigenous freedom.
Sincerely,
For more information regarding Leonard Peltier or the Nakota Nation, see www.1851Treaty.com
WE CAN DO IT!!!
The truth shall set us all free
I have done extensive research on Peltier for my Native American History, Culture and Law master's class. I feel a presidential pardon is necessary considering the errors with the evidence in the case. Thanks, Holly Rain Water Scott Graduate Student Texas Woman's University
Free Leonard!!!
Leader of the Land of the Free... Give us freedom in stead of hipocracy! Free Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Troy Davis and so many other victims of a racist legal system. It can change if we believe it can!
It is time to end racial oppression of all kinds and begin living as ONE NATION. The Black Americans of today were compensated for the cruelty to their ancestors by the white Europeans, why can we not offer the same gesture of peace and forgiveness to the original caretakers of this land? President Obama, please take this petition to heart. If nothing else, re-open Leonard Peltier's case and give this man a fair chance at regaining his freedom and his dignity.
Leonard Peltier has been in jail too long, release him.
It's time to make things right with the Lakota people and to begin to redress the wrongs done by white Europeans to the native peoples of America. You have it in your power to take a significant step toward real justice. As a member of an ethnic group that has suffered at the hands of white Americans, you have a unique duty as the leader of our country to show real leadership in making a statement to the nation by freeing Leonard Peltier!
I agree that he should be freed because the arrest was unjustified and the people in power that pushed for the arrest of the AIM members and Leonard Peltier is just ignorant. Also Leonard Peltier did no wrong because "is it wrong to help your people/ community" then everyone would get arrested, so obama of all people should understand that Leonard peltier was helping his community like Obama did in chicago.
I think Peltier's doing the right thing. We white people have immigrated to Indian land killed Indians, stole land from them and made them "2nd class citizens". And then we kidnapped Africans from their native villages to use as slaves-and treated them badly too. And we go out of our way to keep the Mexicans from coming into this country illegally. We sure didn't have to get a passport or visa to move to the area we now call the United States. The Indians couldn't stop us from coming and we're not very tolerant of Mexicans who don't speak English who cross the border. I like the term "Native American" for our Indians. Since they were here before the white or black people or anyone else, they're our 1rst Americans. The rest of us are "foreigners" compared to them.
Dear President Obama, Leonard Peltier has been unjustly held prisoner for almost 40 years based on lies and witheld evidence supported by the FBI. He has done many good things while in prison and deserves to spend the remaining days of his life a free man with his family. Please pardon Leonard NOW! Yours for Justice, Dr. David T. Hoopes
Free leonard Peltier President Obama,the man has been in prison for 33 years.enough is enough.
enough is enough already! FREE LEONARD IMMEDIATLY.
Let Leonard Peltier free!!!! The FBI needs to stop making up excuses to keep him in jail. Isn't 30 years enough???
I wish this countries government would see the injustice they are commenting by keeping Leonard Peltier incarserated. I will fight and pray for his release until I con no longer breath.
Aren't thirty years of injustice and incarceration of an innocent man enough punishment to suffer? Please let Leonard Peltier walk free. He deserves it.
Free Leonard Peltier and let the Indian People live again.
This case is an outrage against human rights! Free Leonard Peltier!
It's time. When will The United States act and symbolize freedom for Native Americans?
It is time to free leonard, he has been wrongfully accused, and in 2005, the real gunmen stated he killed the two FBI agents. A political prisoner, more like the government saying I'll show these people, that their heritage doesn't matter. President please pardon him, so he can live with his family once again, and die a free man. Aim is not to scare the government it is just that the indians want to go back to their traditional ways, who else has their back? Deborah Klayko
please take a new look at this case! Leonard Peltier is a prisoner of war.Too many lies and injustices have been done to the native people. We need really take a hard look at what we have done as a nation to the rightful owners of a land and country that was respected and beloved by these proud people we have sought to destoy.As a white person,I am ashamed of our corrupt government.
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2:32 pm PDT, May 19,
Jeff Prine, Colorado
It is time to do the right thing and release Leonard Peltier. |
Enough is enough. No more political prisonners. Of any kind. Frre leonard PELTIER !!!
its been 12154 days of illegal imprisonment. Mr. Obama you are a compationate man, you are freeing the prisoners in gantamo bay, surely you could release a prisoner that was wrongfully convicted and we got proof
It makes no sense that this man is still in prison after 30 years. This country allows child rapist and murders to walk out of prisons every day while holding Leonard a political prisoner. It sickens me that this country, a country gained from the genocide of proud Nations of people, insists on keeping an innocent man caged. This is just one more black mark on this once great country.
Dear Mr. President, You have shown to be a compassionate man. Please do what no other President before you was willing to do. The Native People have been persecuted long enough. Take a step towards healing and free Mr. Peltier. Thank You.
Please release Mr. Peltier. We all know that he is a political prisoner, such a treatement is not done in our western world. When you consider to set free the prisoners of Guantanamo, you cannot pass Mr. Peltier. By releasing him, you sent a message to the world, that the U.S. is not only a union of states, but also a gathering of nations. By doing so, you would regain sympathy in the whole world and will be more acceptable as worldleader.
The "white-man burden" has always been in my heart and mind the innumerable crimes oommitted by my ancestors. A time will come when we will have to recognize and pay for the sins of our fathers, so that the whole world may live at last in brotherhood and unity. Loving and sharing is so much more easier and would be so much more peaceful for all of us than oppressing and denying the right to breathe. Let common sense rule at last.We are all related, and Leonard Peltier is one of our major poets and leaders. Just set him free ! We need his healing presence ! O Mitakuye Oyasin.
I am ashamed of my country's involvement with Leonard's arrest and continued imprisonment. I am also proud of the many Canadians who have rallied to Leonard's defense over the years. I am also ashamed to admit that over the last few years Leonard's plight had passed from my memory. No more! Please set this man free.
Dear Mr. President: In all due respect, precisely, exactly, what would it take to move or influence you to take a pen and sign a sheet of paper freeing Leonard Peltier? Please FREE Leonard Peltier. Thank you very much, Korean Veteran
As a man who I believe knows what injustice looks like, I beg you to PLEASE right this long standing wrong, done to not just Mr. Peltier and his family, but all native peoples everywhere. The world looks to America for leadership in all things. Justice is the best place to start. Thank you. Hoyt McGuyer.
It is time to set the record straight - time for the truth. It has been long enough....
I've been waiting for years...hope he gets a presidential pardon soon.
Mr. President - Please do the right thing! Give this man his freedom.
Mr. President, Mr. Peltier has suffered greatly for a wrongful, unjust conviction and sentencing of an innocent man. The evidence presented was circumstantial and did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the crime which he was accused of. This case only extends the racism and cultural annihilation that was present 30 years ago and continues to pervade into the conciousness of indigenous people of North America. No healing can begin if cases, such as, Mr. Peltier's continue to go unresolved. Please free Mr. Peltier Now. Change the World for Mr. Peltier!
Mr President I know you will do right buy giving Freedom to Brother Leonard Peltier
Mr President Release a man who was wrongfully incarcerated 36 years ago a man of love for the people and mother earth
Please free the man who has done NO WRONG
Why wait any longer? Yes, you dear mr President Obama, are the one and only, who really can!!!
Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner illegally detained by the U S Government. Free him now and stop the torture to him, his family, and his nation.
It would be a great dis-service to our ORIGINAL PEOPLES of North America to not honor the release of an innocent Leanoard Peltier, who was a scapegoat taken by the US for a murder no one has solved as of yet. Leonard has had support beyond words ever since being convicted and it would be a fruther obvious act of racism to allow him to stay in prison any further. As a Canadian who works and lives in a First Nations province, I am appalled that he was wrongfully convicted and now remains locked up. Don't further the separation Aboriginal people have experienced from family members, culture, language and life, by wrongfully allowing Leanard Peltier to be imprisoned. Set him free and set yourself free1
May Our New President be the man he claims to be, honest and upstanding and ready to right the wrongs of others and make America a place where we all can be proud to say we are from here. Yes I am a mixed up mutt I guess you can say Irish, White, Cherokee and God only knows the rest. But I am of the human race and belive in fairness and love for all
ich bitte sie herr präsident, begnadigen sie leonard peltier. 33jahre sind wirklich genug, im namen der menschlichkeit
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11:51 am PDT, May 2,
Leigh Bennett, Georgia
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Dear Mr President Please free Leonord Peltier.he has been wrongfully like nelson Mandella.he should be pardon soon.the money the goverment spends keeping Peltier could send a child to school.Please send him home to his family.prayers to you and your family Mr president,Patsy Luebke,
Mr. President, you know of injustice, and seem to be a man of high morals.Please help stop the Indian wars and wrong doing to my brother Leonard Peltier. He has done nothing less than the friends of slaves had to do in the sad days of hate for the black man. He has commited no crime other than to help indians. He killed no one, he was a peace keeper called to help. Pray for the strength to stand up for this wrongfuly imprisoned human. God bless you sir. Clinton Bird Rogers.
free this man
Remember Wounded Knee?!? Do the right thing. Free Leonard Peltier!
There are many injustices done everyday in this world and by the government. Our new President can help with the injustices to the Native people with this one act. I fully support this action to free Leonard Peltier.
