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Birthday of Leonard Peltier

Sept. 12, 1944

Birthday of Leonard Peltier Leonard Peltier in prison in February 1986. Cliff Schiappa / AP file
Leonard Peltier is an renowned Anishinaabe, Lakota and Dakota warrior, writer, painter, and community organizer, who has been imprisoned for decades because of his involvement in the American Indian Movement.