Free Leonard Peltier month-long vigil ends in D.C

• Published in: New York Amsterdam news (1962)
• Main Author: Muhammad, Eric Ture
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y New York Amsterdam News 02.12.1999
• Subjects: Civil law; Civil rights; Courts; Culture; Demonstrations & protests; Indigenous people; Justice; Law; Minority & ethnic groups; Native Americans; Peltier, Leonard; Washington DC; Washington DC; Washington, DC

On Thanksgiving Day, Nov 25, 1999, a prayer vigil for American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier was held in Washington DC, the close of a month-long worldwide demonstration for the release of Peltier from prison. Peltier is imprisoned for the murders of two FBI agents, who were killed during...