“The government and its prosecutors are continually trying to block my efforts to win my freedom and expose their judicial wrong doings; they systematically try to block me from obtaining FBI files which I know would exonerate me. I don't know the exact conditions of everybody else, but I do know that I have been denied adequate and proper health care and I suffer greatly from that.” KnowsTryingHas BeensGovernmentCareSufferingWinningEffortConditionsBlockHealth CareDeniedAdequateFilesFbiJudicialObtainingDoingsProsecutorWrong Doings Author:Leonard Peltier
“At this writing I can't even shut my lower jaw because of inadequate health care. I can't chew my food, I have trouble walking...the list goes on. But more than anything I want to go home. If you follow the laws at the time of my conviction I should have been released already.” IfsWantShouldWritingHas BeensI CanHomeCareLawTroubleGoes OnWalkingShould HaveConvictionListsHealth CareShould Have BeenInadequate Author:Leonard Peltier
“We have over the years proven again and again that every piece of evidence used to convict me has been false. The FBI with its unlimited resources has done everything it possibly can to keep me in prison.” YearsHas BeensDoneUsedPiecesEvidenceResourcesPrisonAgain And AgainProvenUnlimitedFbiConvicts Author:Leonard Peltier
“My supporters and family have limited resources, very limited resources; but the FBI has the unlimited resources of the most powerful government in the world today. It's amazing that they haven't successfully had me assassinated since I have been in here. There have been plots uncovered in the past that I know of to have me killed.” KnowsWorldHas BeensGovernmentTodayPastPowerfulHavensResourcesPlotMost PowerfulSupporterUnlimitedFbiWorld TodayLimited ResourcesPowerful Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved their economic situation in some form. And this has been brought about by their aggressive assertion of their sovereign treaty rights.” IfsLooksHas BeensFormSituationRightsEconomicNativeStatisticsAggressiveNative AmericanSovereignTribesAssertionTreaties Author:Leonard Peltier
“I would like to say, historically, from the very beginning, our people have time and again expressed the need for people to live in harmony with the creator, the mother earth, fellow man, and respect our brother's vision. In the past and the present, we have been respon-sible for the greatest gains; cultivated foods and medicines; democratic government, and many other areas of concern.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensGovernmentEarthPastMotherVisionBrotherGainsAreasConcernHarmonyFellowsMedicineDemocraticCreatorFellow ManMother EarthDemocratic Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“There is probably a high percentage of Native Americans as well as non-Indians who feel that participating in this greater American economy that you mentioned is and has become a recipe for disaster in the long term, because the response to social and environmental problems has been responded to with a drug mentality, which is to say, anything for the quick fix. And it has trained the public to always believe they are one purchase away from happiness.” FeelsBelieveWellsLongHas BeensProblemSocialTermEconomyGreaterDrugResponseEnvironmentalDisasterLong TermNativeMentalityNative AmericanSay AnythingRecipesPercentagesAlways BelieveParticipatingAmerican EconomyEnvironmental ProblemsQuick Fixes Author:Leonard Peltier
