“If you look at Iraq and Afghanistan's situations, they are quickly becoming much like our reservations. They will have puppet governments funded and controlled by a U.S. Government that siphoned off their resources. You don't have to be an English major to read the writing on the wall; I am in here as a warning to others, just like those men who are in Guantanamo are a warning to others - if you stand up to us you face these same consequences.” IfsMenWritingLooksGovernmentFacesSituationWallBecomingMajorsConsequenceResourcesIraqControlledWarningAfghanistanPuppetsReservationsGuantanamoEnglish MajorWriting On The Wall Author:Leonard Peltier
“They [Federal Goverment] don't care if I am guilty or innocent. I serve their purpose in here. Other than what I have mentioned, what fear could they possibly have from a old man with dimming eyesight, arthritis, diabetes, and other health issues that render me hardly a threat to anyone.” IfsMenCarePurposeIssuesThreatDon't CareInnocentGuiltyOld ManDiabetesEyesightArthritisHealth Issues 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
“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
“The Government honoring our treaties and sovereignty is first and foremost. These issues are still the top priority which [Barak] Obama, if elected, has promised us. For us, we should implement the most impor-tant programs right now: they are programs to teach the children a positive sense of dignity, self-worth, and the importance of sustaining their culture, history, language and honor as a people.” PeopleIfsShouldFirstsChildrenStillsSelfGovernmentCultureLanguageTeachIssuesHonorRight NowProgramDignityImportancePrioritiesSelf WorthSovereigntyTreatiesSustainingTop PrioritiesBarak Obama Author:Leonard Peltier
“In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately.” IfsStillsIndianIllegalUnfortunateProbation Author:Leonard Peltier
