Quotes from Leonard Peltier

In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

the heart of the world Here I am, locked in my own shadow for more that twenty years, and yet I have reached my hand through stone and steel and razor wire and touched the heart of the world Mitakuye Oyasin, my Lakota brethren say. We are all related. We are One.

With all else that's been taken from us, we ask that you leave us our name, our self-respect, our sense of belonging to the great human family of which we are all part.

My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their defense of freedom and justice.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.