“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
“There are tribes, I should say nations, which prior to the AIM movement had only ten or fifteen employees, and now have upwards of 2000. There are educational programs that didn't exist before, there are housing programs, health programs, senior citizen programs, cultural programs and the list goes on. It's all because some people stood up and said sovereignty is our right by treaty and the constitution says treaty law is the supreme law of the land.” PeopleShouldSaidLawNationsLandMovementGoes OnCitizensTenProgramConstitutionAimEducationalListsSupremeEmployeeFifteenSeniorTribesSovereigntyHousingTreatiesStood UpSenior CitizenEducational Programs 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
“United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people, which under the law as written we deserve, and which should be protected.” PeopleNeedsShouldHumansStatesGovernmentLawValuesUnitedUnited StatesRightsWrittenDeserveHuman RightsTraditionalAcknowledgeNativeProtectedNative AmericanSovereigntyTreatiesState GovernmentAmerican ValuesUnited States Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“No human being should ever have to fear for his own life because of political or religious beliefs. We are all in this together, my friends, the rich, the poor, the red, white, black, brown and yellow. We share responsibility for Mother Earth and those who live and breathe upon her ..never forget that.” InspirationalShouldHumansEarthTogetherPoliticalMotherBeliefFearBlackReligiousHuman BeingsWhiteForgetPoorResponsibilityRichShareMy FriendsRedBreatheBrownNever ForgetYellowNative AmericanMother EarthMother NatureReligious Belief Author:Leonard Peltier