Leonard Peltier
September 12, 1944 (79 years old) in North Dakota, USA
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and has been imprisoned since 1977.
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- 2012 · Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · COINTELPRO 101 as Self - Political Prisoner
- 1999 · Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
- 1992 · Incident at Oglala as Self
- 1991 · Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier as Self