Leonard Peltier Quotes


To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon one another with respect and tolerance instead of prejudice, distrust and hatred. We will have to teach our children-as well as ourselves-to love the diversity of humanity....We can do it. Yes, you and I and all of us together. Now is the time. Now is the only possible time. Let the Great Healing begin.


Citations

Peltier, Leonard. Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance. Edited by Harvey Arden, St. Martin's Griffin, 1999, p. 213.

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Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier
  • Born: September 12, 1944
  • Nationality: Native American (Dakota), Native American (Chippewa)
  • Profession: Philosopher

Leonard Peltier is an American activist, convicted of murder. An activist for Native American civil rights and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, he joined the American Indian Movement in 1972. Since 1977, he has been imprisoned for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He is of Lakota, Dakota and French descent.