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Leonard Peltier
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Leonard Peltier: Statement on Standing Rock
Greeting Sisters and Brothers:
I have been asked to write a SOLIDARITY statement to everyone about the Camp of the Sacred Stones on Standing Rock. Thank you for this great honor. I must admit it is very difficult for me to even begin this statement as my eyes get so blurred from tears and my heart…
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A letter from Leonard Peltier
Greetings my friends, relatives and supporters:
I know that many of you have concerns about the status of my situation and have been wanting an
update about what is going on. A lot has been happening in the last few months and I am sorry I
have not written in a while. The deaths over this last…
Feb. 6 Statement by Leonard Peltier
Greetings to everyone,
34 years. It doesn't even sound like a real number to me. Not
when one really thinks about being in a jail cell for that long.
All these years and I swear, I still think sometimes I'll wake up
from this nightmare in my own bed, in my own home, with my family
in the next room…
ON BEING DENIED
My tears are gasoline,
My snot explosive
I piss sulphuric acid
and dump brown bombs of hatred
Oh, God, yes, I hate
the murderers of my People
of my Family
of my Ancestors
of my Elders
of myself
Oh, God, yes, I hate
But their hatred far exceeds mine
and mine hurts only me…