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class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
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Friends and
Family,</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">It has been
hectic here at
the National
Office, and I
want to bring
you all up to
date on our
needs for
financial
help. We need
help on paying
Leonard’s
legal fees for
his transfer
and his First
Amendment case
in Washington
State. We are
estimating
that we will
need to raise
$5,000 by the
end of 2018.
For supporters
that need a
tax deduction
we are a 501c3
organization
and will
happily send
you a tax
statement for
2018 tax year.</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Leonard
requested a
transfer from
USP Coleman,
FL to FCI
Oxford, Wis.
This transfer
would place
Leonard at the
closest
federal
facility to
his family. It
would be a 7/8
hour drive
rather than
the 24 hour
drive to see
Leonard in
Coleman, FL.
He has been
given a clean
bill of health
by the Dr. who
did his heart
surgery last
September, and
he has
completed his
management
program at
Coleman which
makes him
eligible for
this transfer.
However, the
prison
authorities
say that he
has a medical
hold and
cannot be
transferred at
this time.
Leonard is
going to
appeal this
through the
prison legal
system. If
they deny his
request for a
transfer we
will file in
federal court
for the
transfer to
take place. We
hope to have
more
information on
this situation
and will be
requesting
your support
for letters in
the near
future!</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Leonard’s
1st Amendment
case with
Attorney
Lawrence
Hildes, of
Bellingham, WA
{PELTIER V.
SACKS,17-5209
RBL, USDC FOR
THE WESTERN
DISTRICT OF
WASHINGTON} is
proceeding. A
small summary
from attorney
Hildes
follows:
“After
reviewing the
evidence and
the arguments,
a conservative
Federal Judge
in Tacoma
denied the
State’s
dismissal
Motion holding
that, unless
the art is
owned by the
government,
the right to
control its
message
belongs to the
artist, that
it is
Unconstitutional
to censor
artwork or
other
expression
because the
artist/speaker
is
controversial,-in
fact, that is
where the
First
Amendment
protection is
greatest, and
that the
exhibition was
advertised to
the public, as
was Leonard’s
participation,
and the public
was encouraged
to attend the
exhibition and
its various
speaking and
cultural
events, and,
that
therefore, it
was a public
forum with
full
protection for
Leonard.” We
are awaiting a
trial date
early next
year, and
attorney
Hildes plans
to have
Leonard
brought to
Tacoma for the
trial. See you
all there!!</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">On another
positive note,
Leonard’s AIM
brother, Edgar
Bear Runner
from Pine
Ridge will be
coming to
visit him the
first weekend
of December
and be back in
Pine Ridge for
the swearing
in and
Inauguration
of his
grandson
Julian Bear
Runner, as
Tribal
Chairman of
the Oglala
Lakota Sioux
Nation.</span></p>
<p
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">In closing
is Leonard’s
statement to
all his
friends,
family, and
supporters on
the National
Day of
Mourning,
November 22,
2018.</span></p>
<p
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-1
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Thank you
for your
support in our
effort to FREE
Leonard
Peltier.<br>
Paulette,
National
Office</span></p>
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Statement
of Love &
Respect from
your brother,
Leonard
Peltier</span></p>
<p
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Greetings
Sisters,
Brothers,
Elders,
Friends and
Supporters.</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Well here
it is, sorry
to say,
another year,
and I'm still
writing to you
from a prison
cell. I am
still in pain
from my
illnesses with
no knowledge
of whether I
will ever get
treatments for
them. BUT I'm
alive and
still
breathing
hoping,
wishing,
praying for
not just my
pains, but for
all Native
Nations and
the People of
the World who
care and have
positive
feelings about
what is
happening to
Mother Earth
and against
the evils
committed by
Wasi’chu in
their greed
for HER
natural
resources .</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">It doesn't
seem as if any
changes for
the good or
safety of
Mother Earth
will happen
soon. But the
good hearted
People are
fighting back,
and some good
People are
winning in the
struggles to
beat back some
of this evil
and to make
THE Changes,
the safety
networks, we
need for our
grandchildren
and great
grandchildren
so that they
will be able
to live happy
successful
lives, at
least decent
lives, that
most of the
poor
underprivileged
in my
generation
never got to
experience or
enjoy in our
short lives.</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">SO, I sit
back and look
at the world,
and I wonder
if I will ever
get to see the
outside world
again, free
from this
prison cell?
At 74 it is
not looking
too good for
that to
happen. BUT I
keep my hopes
alive and pray
as hard as I
can that it
will happen.
If not, when
they bury me I
want to be
laid to rest
face down and
with a note
pinned to my
ass with the
words in large
bold letters,
‘KISS MY
ASS!!’… just
in case
someone wants
to study my
bones years
from now :)!!</span></p>
<p
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">On a more
pleasant issue
one of my
grandaughters
Ashley is in
college at
University of
Arizona,
Flagstaff, and
she wants to
be a Medicine
Woman! How
awesome is
that? My Baby,
a doctor! Wow!
How proud am
I! You would
not believe
just how much
I am! I could
use a little
help now and
then for her;
don't send it
to me, but
send it to
ILPDC
earmarked for
her use ONLY
!!. She is
going on a
long hard
journey, so
she will need
help now and
then. One day,
if she
continues her
studies to be
a Medicine
Woman, I know
things can
change as time
goes by, but
if she makes
it, she will
be an enormous
help to Native
Nations’
hospitals.</span></p>
<p
style="vertical-align:
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">My friend
Harvey Arden
passed
yesterday on
Saturday,
November 17,
2018 5:20 P:M.
He was a very
good and kind
man who loved
Native People
and the poor
and sick. We
are all going
to miss him. I
hope he has a
good safe
journey to the
Spirit World,
and I hope our
Relatives will
all be there
to greet him
with open
arms; that
would be very
pleasing to
him. See you
soon, my Kola.</span></p>
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">Politically
we are finally
making gains
in Congress;
two great
Native ladies
made it in the
House of
Representatives!
They are
Shanice
Davids, Ho
Chunk of
Wisconsin, for
Kansas and Deb
Haaland,
Laguna Pueblo,
for New
Mexico. On
Pine Ridge MY
nephew Julian
Bear Runner
made it as
President of
the great
Lakota Nation!
I'm hearing
more states
are doing away
with Columbus
Day! Hell, we
may just win
the War for
Survival
yet.:)</span></p>
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class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">My last
thoughts on
this day, that
we Native
People call a
Day of
Mourning, are
for my
Sisters’ and
Brothers’
family by
blood and by
AIM that are
now in the
Spirit World,
and to them I
say Lila
Pilamaya,
thank you for
your love and
work for The
People.</span></p>
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" align="left"><span
class="m_3796061260054244188module-3
m_3796061260054244188text-container" style="text-align:left">My thoughts
are also with
the youth such
as the Water
Protectors and
all people
young and old
who are
working to
protect Mother
Earth. I hope
someday in the
near future to
be with you
and part of
this march and
join you in
the feast
prepared by
Native People
and wonderful
supporters who
have joined
together today
to honor our
Ancestors.</span></p>
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Spirit of
Crazy Horse<br>
Doksha<br>
Leonard
Peltier</span></p>
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<h1 class="reader-title"><font size="-2">November 6, 2018</font><br>
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<h1 class="reader-title">Leonard Peltier Freedom Riders
Reach White House After 1,500 Mile Spirit Ride</h1>
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<div align="left"><a
href="https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/">I’m not used
to being looked at by a horse. Being Tlingit, born in Alaska
and raised in Seattle, I know virtually nothing about them.
So as I stood in the circle of people across from the White
House on Thursday at the Leonard Peltier Freedom Riders
rally, I couldn't help noticing their gazes.</a></div>
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<p>The feeling wasn't at all unpleasant and
was even a little exhilarating. Their eyes
have a childlike quality I found
endearing. I could also sense a certain
wisdom that seemed to come from a lifetime
of observing humans.</p>
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<p>The five horses present had carried their
riders all the way from Minnesota to
Coleman, Florida, where Leonard Peltier,
the 74-year-old Anishinaabe activist and
American Indian Movement member is in a
maximum security prison serving two
consecutive life sentences for murder.
From there they carried their riders to
Washington, DC to bring a message and a
blessing to President Trump to free that
aging warrior. The entire journey was over
1,500 miles.</p>
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<p><strong>It all began with a dream</strong></p>
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<p>The police would not allow the riders to
mount their horses at the rally, so they
stood beside them holding their reins as
the group’s spokesman, Frank Archambault,
made some opening remarks.</p>
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<p>“We come here today to pay tribute to a
brother of ours who's been in prison for
almost 43 years. Today we finish our
journey that started on July 28. This
whole thing started over a man’s dream. It
was to ride across the country for another
man’s dream of freedom.”</p>
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<p>Ken FourCloud was the man with the dream.
He had ridden in previous Spirit Rides
with the Dakota 38 riders, who every year
travel from Lower Brule, South Dakota to
Mankato, Minnesota in remembrance of the
original Dakota 38. Those Dakota warriors
were hanged simultaneously on a huge
scaffold in Mankato in 1862 by order of
President Lincoln. They had risen up and
fought for their people and the government
captured and made examples of them.</p>
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<p>Both Leonard and Ken are descended from
the original Dakota 38, so Ken spoke with
his friend and longtime Peltier supporter
Julia Fike and together they came up with
the idea of holding a similar Spirit Ride
for Leonard. But instead of ending in
Mankato, this one would start from there
and would end three months later in
Washington, DC, where I now stood with the
horses eyeing me and the rest of the
gathering.</p>
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<p><strong>Words from an Ojibwe elder, and
from a horse</strong></p>
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<p>The horses were skittish at first but
settled down as the next speaker, Mary
Lyons, spoke. Mary is an author, activist
and Ojibwe elder from Minnesota who flew
in with family members to honor the
arrival of the Freedom Riders.</p>
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<p>“I’m an elder, a great grandmother, a
grandmother, a mother, a sister, an
auntie, a friend. I speak all across the
globe because I too was in the movement
when it began. It still pains me that
First Nations people, the Anishinaabe, the
people of this land, are still hidden
within these walls and our truth is not
told. Our brother Leonard, amongst all our
other relatives, during that time at
Wounded Knee, sacrificed themselves
knowing that we were the absent people of
this land, that we would suffer. And they
chose to surrender themselves, no matter
what pack of lies would be bestowed on
them.”</p>
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<p>At that moment, Ken’s horse, Black Rose,
called out loudly. “This is true!” her
neighing seemed to say. “This is indeed
true!” she said in the language of the
horse people. Black Rose is a matriarch
among the Freedom Rider’s horses. She is
the mother of one of them, Tate Mani,
which means Wind Walker, who was born
during a blizzard last year.</p>
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<p><strong>The spiritual importance of the
horse and rider</strong></p>
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<p>Mary Lyons continued. “Even our
relatives, the four-legged, know this is
true, because they too were swept from
their lands to be brought onto our land
and for our people to care for them as if
they were our own brothers and sisters,
and not a work animal. So I say thank
you,” she said to Black Rose. “You see,
there are visions all around us.”</p>
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<p>I realized the horses were not dumb
animals being used simply as quaint modes
of transportation. The Anishinabe view
them in a sacred way. Their four legs
represent the four directions. Their heads
represent above. Their tails represent
below. So the rider sits at the center
where all things are in balance and
related. And as the horse and rider move
forward, they create power. It is this
power, created during the 1,500-mile
journey from Mankato, that the Freedom
Riders delivered to the orange-haired man
in the White House. And when Black Rose
called out, I knew that power was real.</p>
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<p>“Our brother has suffered long enough,”
Mary Lyons continued. “He's not coming out
to start something that he couldn't have
started in there. All he wants is peace.
He wants to come home to his relatives, to
his land, to this place we call freedom.
But if this place we call freedom is for
all, release Leonard Peltier!”</p>
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<p><strong>How Leonard’s example has touched
me</strong></p>
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<p>After the rally I took the subway home
and thought about what Leonard meant to
me. In 1992 and 1993 I was in prison for
drug offenses. I joined a Native
spirituality group called the Tribal Sons
and attended sweat lodge. I didn't know
who Leonard was back then.</p>
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<p>But others in our circle did. They spoke
of him with respect. They said he had been
in a 1975 firefight with the FBI on Native
land in which two agents, Ronald Williams
and Jack Coler, as well as AIM activist
and Coeur d'Alene warrior Joe Stuntz were
killed. They said Leonard became the
scapegoat for the FBI deaths and was doing
hard time for it. To Native convicts like
me, that made Leonard a hero, someone who
stood up for his people and was suffering
in prison for it.</p>
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<p>Prison is hard. No one knew that more
than us. That's why we stuck together. To
this day I still keep in touch with my
brothers in the Tribal Sons. The
oppression of Native inmates continues. My
friend Robbie, who only last month got
married to a good woman while inside, is
now sitting in the hole for the next six
months on a trumped up drug possession
offense lodged by a racist guard.</p>
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<p>But Leonard’s done 43 years of hard time.
And he's done it for us, for Native people
everywhere, because we all suffer behind
the walls of oppressive racism and
colonialism.</p>
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<p>May the power of the Leonard Peltier
Freedom Riders: Ken FourCloud, Frank
Archambault, Elvis Provost, Dillon Robert,
Gregory Payne, Doug Kemp, Bobby Belas and
several others and their horses: Black
Rose, Raven, Wakinyan, Cannonball, Tate
Mani, Lefty and Sasha, free us all.</p>
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