The Emergence of the American Indian Movement: Resisting the Government | November 10, 1977

“What the government did to Peltier is the way that an oppressor must work, because Leonard represents the sovereignty that Indians speak of, sovereignty in the sense that we don’t have to be oppressed anymore, by any man or government, sovereignty in the sense that we understand that we are a natural part of the creation and that no man or government have a right to change that natural order. Sovereignty in a sense that we understand that all struggles of liberation will not be successful until the people control the land.” ~

SOURCE: The Daily Princetonian

White Jury Convicts Aim Leader | May 5, 1977

 “Peltier wasn’t tried by his peers. The judge played the role of prosecutor and found Peltier guilty before the jury did.”

“In the last century stories of cowboys and Indians were a popular theme for those who wanted to take our land. In our generation there is now the FBI and the Indian, because today technology needs the resources that are on our limited land base. So the FBI is now the 7th Cavalry for the corporate interests of America.”

 “This accounts for the drive of the FBI against AIM because we stand in the way of their objectives.” ~

SOURCE: California Aggie, Vol. 95, No. 24.