Peltier and other AIM members got into a confrontation with agents Jack Coler ... “And they said ‘Put the full weight of the American government on Leonard Peltier, we need a conviction.’ And when ...

Lekší is the Lakota word for uncle. Both Mitch Walking Elk and Leonard Peltier have been members of AIM for decades. AIM is a civil rights group that was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota ...

Directors David France and Jesse Short Bull describe the Indigenous activist's ongoing fight for Native American rights after his release from prison.

It’s an elusive dream for so many docmakers: to impact legislation, to find justice, to make a difference. To change the ...

After spending nearly 50 years behind bars, American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier is finally free.

News writer Graham Lee Brewer and video journalist Mark Vancleave secured AP’s exclusive interview with Leonard Peltier ...

However, some who believe Peltier was involved in the murder of AIM member Anna Mae Pictou Aquash in 1975 fought against his release. Two other AIM members were convicted of the crime.

“Free Leonard Peltier,” which plays this week in ... as a leading member of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, fought to expose the injustices perpetrated by the U.S. government against ...

Peltier and other AIM members got into a confrontation with ... “And they said ‘Put the full weight of the American government on Leonard Peltier, we need a conviction.’ ...