Indigenous Rights Advocate Leonard Peltier to Be Honored at Community Celebration

Leonard Peltier, the indigenous activist whose sentence was commuted by former President Biden last week, will not be relocated to house arrest until next month. However, a celebration to commemorate the clemency will take place this Sunday during a potluck brunch. Peltier, who was active in the American Indian Movement, was sentenced to life in prison after the murders of two FBI agents in 1975. The organization he was a part of grappled with police brutality against Native Americans since the 1960s. Peltier and his supporters maintained his innocence, although he did admit that he was present during the shootout at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The celebration will have Peltier’s former lawyer Sheila Dugan as the guest of honor. Radio Catskill’s Miguel Santiago Colon spoke with her and tells us more.