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Native America Calling: Native activism marks victory with Leonard Peltier’s release
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Native American activism marks victory with Leonard Peltier’s release
As the notable 80-year-old American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier is scheduled to walk free from Florida’s Coleman Penitentiary, Native American activists are reflecting on the nearly five-decade push to get to this point.
Seven presidents passed up the opportunity to free Peltier, until President Joe Biden commuted his sentence to house arrest in the final moments of his term. Tune in to explore Native direct action from its militant beginnings to its current role in changing both legal outcomes and public opinion.
For listeners of Native America Calling, what does Peltier’s release mean to you?
Guests on Native America Calling
Dr. Robert Warrior (Osage), Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas
Lisa Bellanger (Leech Lake Ojibwe), executive director of the American Indian Movement
Ruth Buffalo (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation and Chiricahua Apache descent), president of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
Janene Yazzie (Navajo), director of policy and advocacy for the NDN Collective
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