{"id":119610,"date":"2025-02-18T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=119610"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:08:49","slug":"native-america-calling-native-activism-marks-victory-with-leonard-peltiers-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/18\/native-america-calling-native-activism-marks-victory-with-leonard-peltiers-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native activism marks victory with Leonard Peltier\u2019s release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, February 18, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Native American activism marks victory with Leonard Peltier\u2019s release <\/div>\r\n As the notable 80-year-old American Indian Movement leader <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/01\/20\/ndn-collective-welcomes-grant-of-executive-clemency-for-leonard-peltier\/\">Leonard Peltier is scheduled to walk free<\/a> from Florida\u2019s Coleman Penitentiary, Native American activists are reflecting on the nearly five-decade push to get to this point. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSeven 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. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFor listeners of Native America Calling, what does Peltier\u2019s release mean to you?\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/18\/native-america-calling-native-activism-marks-victory-with-leonard-peltiers-release\/riseupforpeltier\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119621\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"119621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/18\/native-america-calling-native-activism-marks-victory-with-leonard-peltiers-release\/riseupforpeltier\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/18\/riseupforpeltier.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Rise Up For Peltier&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Rise Up For Peltier&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A banner reading &amp;#8220;Rise Up For Peltier&amp;#8221; is seen in front of Lafayette Square, across from the White House, in Washington, D.C., on September 12, 2023. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/18\/riseupforpeltier.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/18\/riseupforpeltier.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Rise Up For Peltier&#039;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119621\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A banner reading &#8220;Rise Up For Peltier&#8221; is seen in front of Lafayette Square, across from the White House, in Washington, D.C., on  September 12, 2023.Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/english.ku.edu\/people\/robert-warrior\">Dr. Robert Warrior<\/a> (Osage), Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100086997804012\">Lisa Bellanger<\/a> (Leech Lake Ojibwe), executive director of the American Indian Movement\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boardingschoolhealing.org\/about-us\/board-and-staff\/ruth-buffalo\/\">Ruth Buffalo<\/a> (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation and Chiricahua Apache descent), president of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/team\/janene-yazzie\/\">Janene Yazzie<\/a> (Navajo), director of policy and advocacy for the NDN Collective\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUuCBQW7KXM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Video: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/YUuCBQW7KXM>&#8216;It\u2019s finally over \u2013 I\u2019m going home&#8217;: Leonard Peltier granted clemency by Joe Biden<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; 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