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Today in Writing History May 22, 1927: Author Peter Matthiessen was born. Matthiessen was an environmental activist and a CIA officer who wrote short stories, novels and nonfiction. He’s the only writer to have won the National Book award in both nonfiction, for The Snow Leopard (1979), and in fiction, for Shadow Country (2008). His story Travelin’ Man was made into the film The Young One (1960) by Luis Bunuel. Perhaps his most famous book was, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983), which tells the story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI’s war on the American Indian Movement. The former governor of South Dakota, Bill Janklow, and David Price, an FBI agent who was at the Wounded Knee assault, both sued Viking Press for libel because of statements in the book. Both lawsuits threatened to undermine free speech and further stifle indigenous rights activism. Fortunately, both lawsuits were dismissed. Peltier spent over 43 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. On January 19, 2025, the last full day of his presidency, Joe Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to home confinement
#workingclass #LaborHistory #petermatthiessen #indigenous #LeonardPeltier #nativeamerican #aim #fbi #fiction #nonfiction #writer #author #cia #FreeSpeech #censorship @bookstadon
Today in Labor History May 8, 1973: A 71-day standoff at the Pine Ridge Reservation, at Wounded Knee, ended today, after American Indian Movement (AIM) members surrendered. In 1890, U.S soldiers massacred nearly 300 Lakota people at Wounded Knee. Ever since, native peoples on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where Wounded Knee is located, have faced poverty, and racism by their neighbors. They also had a corrupt local government on the reservation. So, on February 27, 1973, 200 Lakota activists and members of AIM, seized control of Wounded Knee. They demanded the resignation of their corrupt tribal leader. They also demanded that the U.S. government start obeying its treaties with indigenous peoples. Within hours of the occupation, police surrounded the them, marking the beginning of the siege. The cops were joined by federal marshals and national guards, who traded fire with AIM activists on a daily basis. Two native activists died in the conflict and one federal agent was shot and paralyzed. AIM leaders Dennis Banks and Russell Means were arrested, but their case was dismissed by the federal court for prosecutorial misconduct. Two years later, there was another shootout at Pine Ridge. AIM leader Leonard Peltier was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned until 2025.
Today in Labor History April 18, 1977: Native American activist Leonard Peltier was found guilty of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. However, he was actually framed by undercover FBI agents who were conducting counterintelligence on the reservation. During the trial, some of the government’s own witnesses testified that Peltier wasn’t even present at the scene of the killings. In 2017, President Obama denied Peltier's application for clemency. He was still in prison in 2025 and his health has deteriored. On June 7, 2022, The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Peltier’s imprisonment violates the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Biden, as one of his final acts as president, commuted his sentence to indefinite house arrest. In February 2025, he was released and transferred to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota.
#FreeLeonardPeltier Today in Fort Collins, Colorado
"The Free #LeonardPeltier film will be shown in Fort Collins, Colorado, today, Sunday, April 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival. It can be viewed online [at the link below for $7] April 7 through April 15 from the Colorado State University Libraries, all part of the ACT Human Rights Film Festival."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-leonard-peltier-film-shows-in.html
Online viewing:
https://
act2025.eventive.org/schedule/67c8e6c7dd9ab8c88ffc43fb
#IndigenousActivist #LeonardPeltier #AIM #LeonardPeltierMovie
Native American Icon Leonard Peltier Captured in Wet Plate Photography Technique
For the past 12 years, Balkowitsch has used this process to capture images of Native Americans in a series called Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective. His goal is to photograph 1,000 Native Americans—Peltier was number 862. So far, Baklowitsch has taken 5,335 plates of 862 Indigenous men and women from all over Indian Country.
#LeonardPeltier #Native #Indigenous
https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/native-american-icon-leonard-peltier-captured-in-wet-plate-photography-technique
@GossiTheDog 411
In America previous to Trump, COINTELPRO or it's later and former incarnations, would murder you, or set you up for a murder rap, if you interfered with biz as ush.
Citing in order, #FredHampton, #LeonardPeltier as obvious examples, but there are literally thousands more you never heard about. White middleclass people too. Citing #SamMelville.
But for the BLUE FACTION only #Trump has ever been #humanscum. It's called #trumpderangementsyndrome and #MuskDerangementSyndrome
Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
#NDNCollective to Host Welcome Home Event for #LeonardPeltier
Livestreamed from earlier today, February 19, 2025
Belcourt, ND – "To welcome Leonard Peltier back to his homelands after 49 years of wrongful incarceration, NDN Collective will host a celebratory event and community feed at the Sky Dancer Event Center in Belcourt, North Dakota on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
"Peltier was granted executive clemency and had the remainder of his sentence commuted by President Biden on January 20th of this year. He will be released from prison the day before the event.
NDN Collective and partners built upon five decades of advocacy and played a significant role in securing Peltier’s release. The organization and community leaders have been overseeing the process of bringing Peltier home to the Turtle Mountain community. This Welcome Home event will provide an opportunity for Peltier to reconnect with his home community and begin the journey of adjusting back into life among his people."
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/live/t_ve1WrKY6k?si=DA9lTR8ukYi2j3en
#LeonardPeltierIsFree #LandBack
"They have not break me !
I am not broken"
These were the first words of #LeonardPeltier when freed after 50 years of unfair jailing.
We also have a political prisoner in France, jailed since 1982.
His name is #GeorgesAbdallah
#LeonardPeltier is free !
Free at last, free at last, thanks to your resilience you are FREE AT LAST.
'Cause you never gave up dear Mr Peltier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrIAyUgHaf0
'I Am Finally Free!' : #Indigenous Leader #LeonardPeltier Released After Nearly 50 Years Imprisoned
On today's (2/18) show - It's a Heist! Barrel roll in Toronto. #LeonardPeltier goes home. @jlerollblues on the nightmare scenario unfolding. Brrr in Ely! Racist sports trope? @mnreformer's J Patrick Coolican! The evil the GOP does! Rally for elections! https://soundcloud.com/user-587903571/the-matt-mcneil-show-february-18-2025
#LeonardPeltier is now trending across Mastodon
#Placebo is now trending across Mastodon
I haven't seen a website for this event yet, but it's been an annual event for years!
#4DirectionsMarch
February 27, 2025
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee 1973
North Direction: 9am Porcupine Post Office
East Direction: 9am 2 miles back on Mouse Creek
South Direction: 9am 18 Junction & Big Foot Trail
West Direction: 9am Manderson Post Office
AIM Liberation Celebration and Honorings 2pm
Wounded Knee District School, Manderson, South Dakota
#LeonardPeltier #WarriorWomen
#WoundedKnee #NDNCollective #IndigenousProtectorMovement #WaterProtectors #DefendTheSacred #ProtectTheSacred
HALLELUJAH! #LeonardPeltier is Free TODAY
BREAKING! #LeonardPeltier Left Prison on Tuesday Morning
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Feb. 18, 2025
"Leonard Peltier will be welcomed home today, and greeted with signs along the roadway and a community feast. 'In The Honor Of' meal will be held at the Sky Dancer Casino Event Center in
#BelcourtNorthDakota, on February 18th, 2025. The meal will start at 6:00 p.m.
'Let's celebrate Leonard with the honor and glory that he deserves,' Peltier's family said.
"'As Leonard arrives on home to the Turtle Mountains, supporters of Leonard's are welcome to come and join the celebration in giving Leonard a warm welcome home by holding signs, honking, cheering and clapping with cars lined up starting from the reservation line coming from Rolla stretching into Belcourt. Please stay safe, no standing on the highway and stay on the shoulder. Please do not leave any signs behind, take them with you.'
"'As Leonard passes through, we are not allowed to follow him, please respect this. Following Leonard's welcome home at the reservation line everyone is welcome to gather for a meal in the honor of Leonard at the Sky Dancer Casino Event Center for stew, bangs and gullet as this is the first meal that Leonard requested for when he returns home.'
"'We do not know yet as of this post of Leonard's restrictions if he will be able to attend the meal.'
"Leonard is an 80-year-old elder with health problems and his first day of being released after nearly 50 years of incarceration will be a lot for Leonard to comprehend. If Leonard cannot attend, we are trying to set up for him to be on FaceTime or a phone call during the meal.'
"'The exact time of Leonard's arrival to Belcourt is still unknown.'
"'Everyone is welcome to come and celebrate this historical day of honoring our elder Leonard Peltier,' Peltier's family said today.
"Please check back for the livestream on Censored News on Tuesday."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02/feast-welcomes-leonard-peltier-home-on.html
#LeonardPeltierIsFree #AIM #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericanActivist #ReaderSupportedNews
![A photograph of Leonard Peltier, who now has white hair, standing with friends and relatives. He is wearing a traditional shirt and black jeans, and is smiling.
[Photo credit Gina Buenrostro]](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/026/006/140/359/245/original/6835d793486a44e3.png "A photograph of Leonard Peltier, who now has white hair, standing with friends and relatives. He is wearing a traditional shirt and black jeans, and is smiling.
[Photo credit Gina Buenrostro]")