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This paper explores the Leonard Peltier murder case from all perspectives, focusing on the following: leonardpeltier.org, noparolepeltier.com, U.S. v. Peltier, the FBI's defense, Robert Redford and Michael Apted's film, and various other critics and commentators on the incident. Sections include intro, background, Peltier's case, FBI case, and the court case. Bibliography lists 13 sources. JVpelter.rtf
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Jack Coler and Ron Williams at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Films have been made of the incident and there are websites in support of his claim of innocence, as well
as websites in support of upholding his conviction. Dozens of famous people and international organizations defend Peltier, while fewer defend the courts decision.
As Anonymous (2000) writes, we tend to paint criminals like Peltier as martyrs. Whatever anyones belief about Leonard Peltiers guilt or innocence, the United States government presented a case,
garnered a conviction, and that conviction has been upheld in all subsequent appeals. Background According
to the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Inc.(LPDC) (2004), as a "participant" in the American Indian Movement (AIM), Peltier was asked to assist the Oglala Lakota tribe at the Pine Ridge
Reservation in South Dakota (LPDC, Activist, 2004). Peltier was asked to come to Pine Ridge in 1973 along with AIM members Darrell Butler, Robert Robideau, Michael Anderson, Wilford Draper, Norman
Charles, Norman Brown, and Joe Stuntz on invitation extended by the tribal leadership, where they stayed in a temporary encampment called Tent City (U.S. v. Peltier).
The LPDC states that the AIM members came to oppose the Guardians Of the Oglala Nation (GOONS) (LPDC, Quick Facts, 2004). The GOONS were hired and
supplied with weapons and ammunition by the tribal chief, Dick Wilson, to maintain peace. Members of the tribe and AIM were against Wilsons leasing of uranium-rich land to energy companies
(Summers, 2004). In addition, the "good squad" used violence to settle issues. Wilsons GOONS were accused of killing 300 traditionals in 1973 and 200 more between 1973 and 1976 (LPDC,
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