Overview
The Native American activist recounts his evolution into a political organizer, his trial and conviction for murder, and his spiritual journey in prison. In September of 2022, twenty-five years after Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents, the Democratic National Committee unanimously passed a resolution urging President Joe Biden to release him. Peltier has affirmed his innocence ever since his sentencing in 1977--his case was made fully and famously in Peter Matthiessen's bestseller In the Spirit of Crazy Horse--and many remain convinced he was wrongly convicted. A wise and unsettling book, Prison Writings is both memoir and manifesto, chronicling Peltier's life in Leavenworth Prison in Kansas. Invoking the Sun Dance, in which pain leads one to a transcendent reality, Peltier explores his suffering and the insights it has borne him. He also locates his experience within the history of the American Indian peoples and their struggles to overcome the federal government's injustices. Edited by Harvey Arden, with an introduction by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, and a preface by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Includes a PDF of additional resources
Full Product Details
Author: Leonard Peltier ,
Chief Arvol Looking Horse ,
Gary Farmer ,
Harvey Arden
Publisher: Audio Holdings
Imprint: Audio Holdings
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228812185
Publication Date: 19 November 2024
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""A deeply moving and very disturbing story of a gross miscarriage of justice and an eloquent cri de coeur of Native Americans for redress, and to be regarded as human beings with inalienable rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution, like any other citizens. We pray it does not fall on deaf ears. America owes it to herself."" -- ""Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate""
Author Information
Leonard Peltier is of Lakota, Dakota, and Anishinaabe descent, raised among the Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Fort Totten Sioux Nations of North Dakota. He emerged as an activist for Native American civil rights in the 1960s. He was confined at Leavenworth Prison for . Prison Writings is his first book.On January 19, 2025, Peltier's sentence was commuted to indefinite house arrest by President Joe Biden. On February 18, 2025, he was released and transferred to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. Gary Farmer is a First Nations actor from Canada. Henry Strozier is an actor with a forty-year career in numerous movies and television series. Also a voice-over artist, he has worked extensively in video games and audiobook narration, earning several AudioFile Earphones Awards. Tatanka Means is an award-winning Native American actor.
