Sacrificed

Rory Delaney December 7, 2021

Three men were killed on June 26th, 1975, but only two of the deaths were ever investigated. We examine the Bureau’s motivations and the beginnings of their ResMurs investigation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

RIP to Edgar Bear Runner, a respected Lakota elder and passionate activist whose bravery and quick thinking on June 26, 1975 prevented massive bloodshed.

By intervening as a mediator that fateful summer day, Edgar bought time for Leonard and the ot

@chaseironeyes explains how the Major Crimes Act was instituted in response to an 1883 Supreme Court Decision, Ex Parte Crow Dog that propped up tribal sovereignty.

The Major Crimes Act granted the federal government jurisdiction over major crimes l

@repdavids @kaikahele @kevinck04 @jean.roach and more attend the Remove the Stain ceremony organized by @4directionsvote on the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn in honor of the survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre with a message

Great to hear @chaseironeyes, @jean.roach, Oglala Sioux tribal president @kevinck04 and @badgma5817 voicing their support for Leonard’s freedom at the Peltier Freedom Rally today!

Tune in at 7pm EST for a live webcast of “Cut to the Cha

In “The Great Escape” Leonard Peltier’s spiritual adviser Lenny Foster recounts how he snuck AIM leader Dennis Banks out from behind government lines in the dead of night, hours before the federal stand down on May 8th, 1973 in Woun

“I knew Leonard back in the early seventies, and you've all had the same experience, but he's just a gentle person. I mean, he can be fiery. He can be emotional, but he is a gentle person. And that he's had to go through all this, and I'm so gl