Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 19, 2025

Leonard Peltier Left Prison on Tuesday Morning

Leonard is Home

The eagle has landed in Turtle Mountains

Leonard Peltier after leaving Coleman Prison this morning in Florida.

“Today I am finally free! They may have imprisoned me but they never took my spirit!” said Leonard Peltier. “Thank you to all my supporters throughout the world who fought for my freedom. I am finally going home. I look forward to seeing my friends, my family, and my community. It’s a good day today.” -- Leonard Peltier

Peltier is Home! Photos by Inila Wakan Janis


Leonard Peltier is Safely Home

Photos by Inila Wakan Janis


"This evening hundreds of Leonard Peltier's community showed up to celebrate his Homecoming and to share a meal together. Many relatives, family members, elders and children from the Turtle Mountain Reservation spoke for him and shared stories of their own decades long efforts. Just a grateful and proud witness to a beautiful moment in our shared history." -- Inila Wakan Janis, Feb. 18, 2025

February 18, 2025

Peltier Home on Turtle Mountain


By Minnesota Star Tribune: Leonard Peltier enters Turtle Mountain with a raised fist ... "By the time Peltier’s caravan arrived in Belcourt to a parade of more than 100 people along the highway, the aging man in poor health was ready to go home to rest. The crowd waited for him at the Sky Dancer Casino to share his first requested meal of stew, but they carried on the celebration with song, drum circles and stories."

 

Mohawk Nation News 'Gustafsson Lake Military Seige 1995'


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https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2025/02/18/gustafsson-lake-military-seige-1995/

February 14, 2025

Havasupai Tribe Deeply Disappointed in Navajo Nation for Failing to Consult Havasupai on Radioactive Hauling

Havasupai Tribe Deeply Disappointed in Navajo Nation for Failing to Consult Havasupai on Radioactive Hauling

Photo courtesy Grand Canyon Trust



"Shame on Energy Fuels Resources and those who were not brave enough to do what is right and necessary." -- Havasupai Tribe.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Feb. 14, 2025

The Havasupai Tribe said the Navajo Nation has disregarded the aboriginal people who live on the land, and failed to consult them before entering into a dangerous agreement for radioactive uranium hauling. There are two trucks now each weekday, traveling at high rates of speed, each carrying 24 tons of radioactive matter that is only covered with tie-down tarps from the Grand Canyon to the uranium mill in Utah.