And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: At [Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:26:34 -0800] arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Next, there has been some good responces on the research we need. > But I cannot get on to the internet. Could someone look into those web > sites that people posted and try to find the information we need? > Yes, handing out flyers and that type of outreach is very good. I have > been doing as much of that as I can. Arthur J. Miller For those who have Internet access the following material can be found by taking the following path! Leonard Peltier & AIM Information! http://www.YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net/lpeltier.html ["AIM is not an organization, but a movement..." --Leonard Peltier statement 'Incident at Oglala'] Leonard Peltier's Clemency Plea Permission is given to reprint and distribute our reporting on Leonard Peltier. We ask you to please give us credit: "Reprinted with permission by News From Indian Country." --Thank you. URL: http://www.indiancountrynews.com/peltier.html Subscriptions:http://www.indiancountrynews.com/subscription.html -=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=- Peltier: Birth to Leavenworth A Highlighted Chronology of Leonard Peltier >from 1944 to the present by Richard La Course This chronology by can be accessed through ETHNIC NEWS WATCH at your school or public library: NFIC Mid April, 1997 -=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=- Sept. 12, 1944 Leonard James Peltier born on Sept. 12, 1944 to Leo and Alvina Reabeduex in Grand Forks, and raised in North Dakota. He moved with his parents to copper mines and to logging camps. His parents separated and he entered Wahpeton Indian Boarding School in Wahpeton, ND. He returned to live with his mother in Grand Forks, and at 14 moved on his own to find work. He moved to Washington state where he joined the fishing rights conflict in the 1960s and in 1964 became part owner of an auto body shop in Seattle. 1964 He was married to Sandy Martinez. 1968 Divorced in 1968 in Grand Forks, ND. March 8, 1970 He participated in the Fort Lawton, Oregon occupation in 1970 and joined (AIM) American Indian Movement that year. He moved to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and became a fundraiser for AIM, working closely with Dennis Banks. 1972 Moved to Milwaukee, WI in 1972. Helped organize Milwaukee caravan for Trail of Broken Treaties from and returning to Milwaukee. Nov. 22, 1972 Arrested in Milwaukee, WI on charge of attempted murder after restaurant problems with off-duty officers. Held for several months at high bail. 1973 Wounded Knee occupation of 1973. In October of 1973 he returned to Seattle. Aug. 9, 1974 Peltier was the subject of a complaint filed by a Special Agent in Milwaukee, WI on Aug. 9, 1974 in U.S. District Court before U.S. Magistrate John C. McBride. The court issued a warrant to the U.S. Marshal's Office in Milwaukee. The FBI sheet said Peltier could be charged with violation of Title 18, Sec. 1073, U.S. Code, Attempted Murder. March, 1975 He returned to the Pine Ridge Reservation in March of 1975, lived first at Oglala, then at the Harry Jumping Bull compound. June, 1975 Attended AIM convention in Farmington, NM. Brought four young Navajo teenagers back to Jumping Bull. June 26, 1975 Was involved in June 26, 1975 shootout in which two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, and AIM member Joe Stuntz were killed. Concealed at Crow Dog's Paradise, Rosebud Reservation until early September. Sept. 10, 1975 Explosion of AIM car on Kansas Turnpike, AR-15 rifle recovered by BATF and taken to FBI Laboratory. Oct. 2, 1975 FBI teletype says AR-15 "contains different firing pin than that in rifle used at the Jumping Bull scene." Oct. 31, 1975 FBI Laboratory reports none of casings recovered at Jumping Bull match AR-15 recovered on Kansas Turnpike. November, 1975 Two FBI informers advise Peltier in hiding on Port Madison Reservation in Washington State. Nov. 14, 1975 Involved in the Ontario incident in late 1975, wounded and fled to Smallboy's Reserve in Alberta through Indian underground. Nov. 25, 1975 Peltier, Robideau, Butler and Eagle indicted in FBI agents' deaths. Feb. 6, 1976 Arrested by RCMP at Smallboy's Reserve in southwest Alberta with Frank Black Horse. Taken to Calgary, Alta., then Okalla Prison in Vancouver, B.C. Feb. 10, 1976 FBI Lab reports for first time match between Wichita AR-15 and .223 casing found in trunk of Coler's car. Feb. 19, 1976 First Poor Bear affidavit. Feb. 23, 1976 Second Poor Bear affidavit. March 31, 1976 Third Poor Bear affidavit. May 3, 1976 Extradition hearing opens before Canadian Justice W.A. Schultz. May 11, 1976 Poor Bear affidavits presented to Canadian court for extradition to U.S. June 18, 1976 Judge Schultz rules U.S. government has presented sufficient evidence to warrant extradition. Dec. 20, 1976 Basford signs extradition order; Peltier extradited by Canadian government to Fargo, ND. Spring, 1977 Leonard Peltier Defense Committee established in Rapid City, SD. Mar. 14-April 18, 1977 Brought to trial in 1977 in Fargo, ND before Federal Judge Paul Benson on two charges of first degree murder and convicted by jury after five hours deliberation of aiding and abetting in agents' deaths. June 1, 1977 Peltier sentenced to two life terms at Marion, IL. December, 1977 Peltier appeal opens with oral argument before three-judge panel in St. Louis, MO. Feb., 1978 Milwaukee trial follows on attempted murder charges. Peltier wins acquittal after off-duty policeman's former girlfriend testifies he bragged earlier he was going to "bag" a prominent AIM leader. April 12, 1978 Circuit Court of appeals refuses to grant appeal. May 12, 1978 Robert Wilson (Standing Deer) transferred to Marion and asked to cooperate in unspecified operation to "remove" Peltier. He discloses offer to Peltier. Sept. 14, 1978 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds 1977 conviction. February, 1979 Peltier transferred to Lompoc Prison in California. March 5, 1979 U.S. Supreme Court refuses review of Peltier appellate decision. May 10, 1979 Charles Richards enters Leavenworth en route to Lompoc. Rumored to be second assassin. July 20, 1979 Peltier, Bobby Garcia and Dallas Thundershield escape from Lompoc. Thundershield shot and killed, Garcia seized, Peltier escapes. July 25, 1979 Peltier recaptured by FBI agents. Nov. 14, 1979 Peltier's escape trial before Judge Lawrence Lydick in Los Angeles, lasting two months. Peltier says he escaped to save his own life. Lydick prohibits assassination theory testimony. Jan. 20, 1980 Convicted by jury of escape and being felon in possession of gun, with seven years added to sentence. November, 1980 LPDC lawyers obtain 12,000 pages of declassified FBI documents, with additional 6,000 pages withheld because of "national security." March, 1981 Robert Redford visits Peltier at Marion. March 10, 1981 Peltier "escape conviction" on appeal to 9th Circuit Court. Three-judge panel reverses escape conviction, advises lower court to allow assassination plot evidence regarding Charles Richards. April 11, 1982 Defense files writ of habeas corpus in U.S. District Court, Fargo, ND indicating suppression of exonerating evidence in 1977 trial, as well as conscious use of perjured witnesses. Dec. 30, 1982 Benson refuses release of 6,000 pages of FBI files on Peltier. Dec. 31, 1982 Benson denies Peltier new trial. 1983 Peter Matthiessen's In the Spirit of Crazy Horse and Jim Messerschmidt's The Trial of Leonard Peltier are published. Oct. 1-3, 1984 Judge Benson denies request for retrial. June, 1985 Peltier transferred to Leavenworth Prison in Kansas. Oct. 15, 1985 Prosecutor Lynn Crooks allows during oral argument before 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, "We don't know who killed those agents." Oct. 11, 1986 Circuit Court finds Benson erred in 1977 rulings, witnesses has been coerced, evidence fabricated, favorable evidence suppressed. But appeal denied. June, 1987 Soviet eye specialists visit him at Leavenworth. Spring, 1990 Libyan government bestows human rights award to AIM POW Peltier. June, 1989 U.S. government admits before Canadian court that Poor Bear extradition documents of 1976 were fraudulent. Dec. 3, 1990 Defense files writ of habeas corpus calling for immediate release of Peltier by reason of violations of due process. April 18, 1991 Appeals court Judge Heaney in letter to Inouye supports leniency. Sept. 22, 1991 CBS's "60 Minutes" broadcasts segment on Peltier case. Oct. 2, 1991 Peltier attorneys in Bismarck, ND hearing appeal for new trial, arguing prosecutors changed theory of case. Dec. 30, 1991 Judge Benson denies retrial on Federal Magistrate Karen Klein's recommendation. July 5, 1992 Leavenworth riot, Peltier later charged as "active participant," then cleared. Autumn, 1992 Peltier authorizes publication of Bradley diatribe against Ward Churchill in LPDC newsletter. Nov. 9, 1992 Attorney Ramsey Clark files another appeal for retrial in St. Paul, MN. First Clark entry into case. Spring, 1993 Peltier principal figure in Robert Redford's film "Incident at Oglala." July 7, 1993 8th Circuit Court denies appeal. Nov. 22, 1993 Subject of Clinton presidential clemency petition. December, 1993 U.S. Parole Commission denies Peltier petition; he must serve 15 more years before reconsideration. December, 1994 Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign opens office in Washington D.C. Ron Lessard is director of office. January, 1995 European Parliament supports clemency. April 18, 1995 Lessard affidavit re: Appeal Courts' understanding of Norman Brown's 1977 trial testimony. May 12, 1995 Kunstler files "motion to open appeal hearing or for appropriate relief" in 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. September, 1995 Defense discovers new FBI radio communications of June 26, 1975 indicating FBI agents in area 20 minutes before earlier accepted time of shootout. Defense initiates new FOIA request. Dec. 11, 1995 Second parole hearing in which Peltier commended for good behavior, work for Indian people. Decision upcoming. December, 1995 Transferred to U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, MO. March 21, 1996 Parole request rejected by U.S. Parole Commission. Autumn, 1996 Dennis Banks announces "Bring Peltier Home" campaign for rest of 1996 and Spring 1997. Spring, 1997 Jane Ayre's Hearts of Charity published in spring. April, 1997 Worldwide Organizers' Clemency Conference in Tulsa Creek Community, Tulsa, Oklahoma announced for June 19-22. Sources: Private news files, FBI documents, NFIC documents, Wexler 1982, Messerschmidt 1983, Matthiessen 1983, LPFC 1996. -- -=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=- Nancy Thomas * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keeper of "the People's Paths home page!" http://www.YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net/mainindex.html NAI: News, Paths-L email list, Live Chat, the People's Internet BBS & Genealogy BBS! "People's Paths Bookstore & Musicstore!" -=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=- &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
