President Biden's decision to commute Leonard Peltier's sentence after nearly five decades of imprisonment represents a significant shift in federal-tribal relations.

According to Biden’s statement, tribal nations, Nobel Peace laureates ... organizing and advocacy” for winning the commutation. “Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we ...

Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.

The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday.

Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.

Leonard Peltier (Courtesy photo) The official clemency proclamation for Peltier says his clemency will become effective Feb. 18, though it’s unclear whether he will be released that day.

It’s not even past.’ It’s the sort of twist no screenwriter would dare invent: “Free Leonard Peltier,” a persuasively well-researched and often infuriating documentary about the American ...

Editor's note: Among his final actions in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive grant of clemency Jan. 19 commuting Leonard Peltier's prison sentence. The commutation, which takes effect ...

Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.