LEONARD PELTIER IS COMING HOME
Wanneer: 18/02/2025 - 00:00
“IT'S FINALLY OVER – I'M GOING HOME”
- Leonard Peltier -
NDN Collective Press Release 1.20.25 -:
Sumterville, FL – Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
The president’s decision is the result of decades of grassroots organizing in Indian Country and
the unveiling of increasing amounts of evidence of prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations during the prosecution of Peltier’s case.
“It’s finally over – I’m going home.” said Leonard Peltier.“I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”
“Leonard Peltier’s commutation today is the result of 50 years of intergenerational resistance, organizing, and advocacy,” said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder and CEO. “Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – and while home confinement is not complete freedom, we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture.
“Let Leonard’s freedom be a reminder that the entire so-called United States is built on the stolen lands of Indigenous people – and that Indigenous people have successfully resisted every attempt to oppress, silence, and colonize us,” continued Tilsen. “The commutation granted to Leonard Peltier is a symbol of our collective strength – and our resistance will never stop.”
“Today’s decision shows the combined power of grassroots organizing and advocacy at the highest levels of government. We are grateful to President Biden and the leadership of Secretary Deb Haaland. said Holly Cook Macarro, Government Affairs for NDN Collective. “All of us here today stand on the shoulders of three generations of activists who have fought for justice for Leonard Peltier. Today is a monumental victory – the day that Leonard Peltier finally goes home.”
Lekší Leonard is returning to his homelands of Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe territory!
President Biden has granted Leonard Peltier commutation of his life sentence, to serve the remainder of his sentence at home,
effective February 18, 2025.
This grant of clemency resulted from 50 years of intergenerational grassroots organizing in Indian Country.
Together we witnessed the unveiling of extensive evidence of prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations committed during Peltier’s case. “Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – and while home confinement is not complete freedom,
we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones,
healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture,” said Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder and CEO.
There is no real justice after losing 50 years of freedom, but today, our hearts are full of joy and gratitude that Lekší Leonard is returning home.
“Today’s decision shows the combined power of grassroots organizing and advocacy at the highest levels of government.
We are grateful to President Biden and the leadership of Secretary Deb Haaland. said Holly Cook Macarro, Government Affairs for NDN Collective.
“All of us here today stand on the shoulders of three generations of activists who have fought for justice for Leonard Peltier.
Today is a monumental victory – the day that Leonard Peltier finally goes home.”
We remember the countless prayers that were said for Leonard. We remember and honor those who organized, mobilized, took to the streets, rallied, signed petitions, called representatives, lifted his story, and fought against Leonard’s unjust incarceration across Turtle Island and internationally— especially those who have traveled on and are witnessing this moment in the stars.
Our hearts are with our relatives who are still unjustly incarcerated and continue to be targets of police and state violence.
The fight to release Leonard Peltier from prison is over, however, the fight for justice and the healing of our People from systems,
that continue to violate Indigenous rights globally, and target, criminalize, incarcerate, and murder our people,
is a fight we continue to take on at NDN Collective.
NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power.
Through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building, and narrative change, we are creating sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms.