{"id":7468,"date":"2025-02-20T08:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-long-journey-home-after-50-years-back-on-the-reservation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:48:29","slug":"a-long-journey-home-after-50-years-back-on-the-reservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-long-journey-home-after-50-years-back-on-the-reservation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Leonard Peltier had waited five decades to do something he had increasingly doubted he would ever be able to: say thank you, in person, to the fellow Native Americans and others who had spent those years fighting for his freedom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Addressing a raucous crowd of 300 supporters on his home reservation on Wednesday, Mr. Peltier, now 80, pumped his right fist repeatedly and displayed remarkable stamina for a partly blind man who needs a walker. A day earlier, he had been released from a federal prison in Central Florida, where he had been serving two life sentences for the killing of two federal agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now he was back with his people, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, in North Dakota. There he will be allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest after President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/20\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-16\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">clemency order<\/a> in one of his final acts before leaving office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m proud of the position I\u2019ve taken \u2014 to fight for our rights to survival,\u201d Mr. Peltier said during an eight-minute speech in which he expressed gratitude, but also defiance. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of the support you\u2019re showing me, I\u2019m having a hard time keeping myself from crying,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom the first hour I was arrested, Indian people came to my rescue, and they\u2019ve been behind me ever since. It was worth it to me to be able to sacrifice for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was a moment that seemed highly unlikely as recently as July, when Mr. Peltier was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/02\/us\/leonard-peltier-parole.html\" title=\"\">denied parole yet again<\/a> in connection with the deaths of two F.B.I. agents during a shootout on a reservation in South Dakota in 1975.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To many law enforcement officials, Mr. Peltier is a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/speeches\/director-wrays-letter-in-opposition-to-leonard-peltiers-application-for-parole\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">remorseless killer<\/a> whose appeals had been reviewed, and rejected, by more than 20 federal judges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But to human rights groups such as Amnesty International, as well as to supporters who included the Dalai Lama, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela and the musician Steven Van Zandt, Mr. Peltier had become a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/26\/us\/politics\/leonard-peltier-clemency-native-american.html\" title=\"\">cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre<\/a> who had been wrongfully convicted as part of a history of Native American repression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFriends, relatives, strangers ached for Leonard, prayed for him, danced for him, fasted and suffered for him, cared for him, longed for him to walk the earth as a free man,\u201d Louise Erdrich, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is also a member of the Turtle Mountain tribe, said in an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Erdrich attended Mr. Peltier\u2019s trial in 1977, and has long contended that he had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/12\/29\/opinion\/a-time-for-human-rights-on-native-ground.html\" title=\"\">unfairly paid the price<\/a> for the violent actions of other Native American activists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cLeonard has been a living reproach to the idea of our greatness as a nation,\u201d said Ms. Erdrich, who has saved her correspondence with Mr. Peltier and plans to visit him soon. \u201cWe confuse greatness with economic power or military might, but no. Greatness is justice, greatness is tolerance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/18\/us\/leonard-peltier-prison-release-biden.html\" title=\"\">Mr. Peltier was a member of the American Indian Movement<\/a>, or AIM, an advocacy organization founded in 1968 that promoted civil rights, spoke out against police brutality and other abuses and sought to highlight the federal government\u2019s history of violating treaties it had made with Native American tribes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the 1970s, militant members of the group clashed with federal authorities on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. They forcibly seized control of the Sioux village of Wounded Knee and fended off the authorities for 71 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two years after the Wounded Knee standoff, with the relationship between Native American activists and federal law enforcement agencies still frayed, two F.B.I. agents \u2014 Jack Coler and Ronald Williams \u2014 tried to arrest a robbery suspect on the Pine Ridge reservation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A shootout ensued, leaving the two agents and one activist dead. Mr. Peltier has admitted to firing his gun from a distance but has insisted that he acted in self-defense and was not the one who killed the agents. Of the more than 30 people who were present during the shootout, Mr. Peltier was the only one convicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Exculpatory evidence that had helped to acquit two other AIM members accused in the killings was excluded from Mr. Peltier\u2019s trial \u2014 an issue that has frequently been raised by his supporters as an example of injustice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in a letter in June 2024 opposing Mr. Peltier\u2019s parole application, Christopher A. Wray, then the F.B.I. director, noted that Mr. Peltier had repeatedly lost in court on several issues, such as his attempts to downplay ballistics evidence tying him to the killings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The order freeing him to return to North Dakota met the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/20\/g-s1-43859\/biden-fbi-leonard-peltier-commutation\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">vehement objections<\/a> of many law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPeltier gets to go home \u2014 while neither Coler or Williams was afforded the same opportunity,\u201d Michael J. Clark, president of the Society of Former Special Agents of the F.B.I., said in an email on Wednesday. \u201cPeltier is a remorseless murderer and should have served out his life sentence in a federal prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Peltier made it home to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation late Tuesday, as the sun was fading and temperatures were a dangerously cold minus 15 degrees \u2014 a 90-degree swing from the temperature at the most recent federal correctional facility where he had been held, in Coleman, Fla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dozens of residents greeted him with signs that read \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/its-a-historical-day-leonard-peltier-coming-home-tuesday-after-nearly-50-years-in-prison\/601224731\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">50 Years of Resistance<\/a>\u201d as he was whisked to his new home in the town of Belcourt. The house was purchased by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group based in Rapid City, S.D., whose <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/leonard-peltier-released-from-49-years-of-wrongful-incarceration\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">leaders greeted Mr. Peltier<\/a> when he walked out of prison in Florida and accompanied him on a private plane ride back home, according to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/team\/nick-tilsen\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Tilsen<\/a>, the group\u2019s founder and chief executive officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At a homecoming lunch on Wednesday, as Bob Marley\u2019s \u201cRedemption Song\u201d played, banners and signs abounded. Some had clearly been used in previous protests \u2014 \u201cEnough Is Enough: Free Leonard Peltier\u201d \u2014 but there were also new ones, including a photo of Mr. Peltier with his Bureau of Prisons number, 89637-132, crossed out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his remarks, Mr. Peltier talked about how proud he was to call attention to Native issues, and described harsh conditions in prison, including being placed in sensory deprivation cells at some points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even in his new circumstances under house arrest, he said, he will have to deal with many restrictions. \u201cBut it\u2019s a lot better than being in a cell,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He then held court for more than an hour, like a Hall of Famer at an autograph signing, as more than 100 people lined up to say hello, present gifts, pose for photos or get something signed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some supporters cautioned that he would encounter a different world \u2014 some things better, some things worse \u2014 than the one he last experienced 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">State Representative Jayme Davis, a Democrat from the area who is also a member of the Turtle Mountain tribe, noted that many people had lost their jobs, and that there was deep anxiety about the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOur people are facing immense challenges, especially as our state government moves forward with policies that make survival even harder,\u201d said Ms. Davis, whose father attended school in Belcourt with Mr. Peltier. \u201cBut in the darkness of this moment, his homecoming, I feel, will be a beacon of light. His return carries a profound weight, almost as if there\u2019s a message in the timing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Tilsen said that Mr. Peltier had expressed a desire to work on the issue of teenage suicides, having done some volunteer work as a young man on the Pine Ridge reservation. But he also said that Mr. Peltier \u2014 who has declined interview requests for the time being \u2014 would need some space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think that everybody focuses on him being this iconic international human rights activist and leader, which he is,\u201d he said. \u201cBut he\u2019s also been institutionalized for 49 years. So he has to build a new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Kirsten Noyes<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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