Birthday: September 12, 1944

Affiliation: American Indian Movemet

Captured: Feb. 6, 1976- 2 life sentences 

IN PRISON 46 YEARS

"You do not have the ability to see that the Government must suppress the fact that there is a growing anger amongst Indian people and that native Americans will resist any further encroachment by the military forces of the capitalist Americans." 

In a rare interview from his maximum security prison in Florida, Peltier recently told the Huffington Post that his message to the president would be simple.

“I’m not guilty of this shooting. I’m not guilty,” he said. “I would like to go home to spend what years I have left with my great-grandkids and my people.”

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