Leonard Peltier Quotes

There Are Tribes, I Should Say Nations, Which Prior To The Aim Movement Had Only Ten Or Fifteen Employees, And Now Have Upwards Of 2000. There Are Educational Programs That Didn't Exist Before, There Are Housing Programs, Health Programs, Senior Citizen Programs, Cultural Programs And The List Goes On. It's All Because Some People Stood Up And Said Sovereignty Is Our Right By Treaty And The Constitution Says Treaty Law Is The Supreme Law Of The Land.

My Supporters And Family Have Limited Resources, Very Limited Resources; But The Fbi Has The Unlimited Resources Of The Most Powerful Government In The World Today. It's Amazing That They Haven't Successfully Had Me Assassinated Since I Have Been In Here. There Have Been Plots Uncovered In The Past That I Know Of To Have Me Killed.

I, However, Fear That At Some Future Point There Will Possibly Be Concerted Backlash Against Us Because Of Our Successes In Business And Other Ventures. I Fear This Because I See A Concerted Effort By Writers Across The Countries To Sway Public Opinions By Past Aim Organizers

I See, Or At Least It Appears To Me, That There Is Some Concerted Effort To Discredit Them, And Categorize The American Indian Movement As Some Adverse Entity, As Opposed To It Being A Manifestation Of The Desperations Of A Whole Race Of People.

If You Look At The Statistics Regarding Native Americans, You Will See That Most Of The Tribes Since The 70s Have Improved Their Economic Situation In Some Form. And This Has Been Brought About By Their Aggressive Assertion Of Their Sovereign Treaty Rights.

It Is Difficult For Me To Talk About Some Of These Things Without Reliving The Extreme Emotions And Loss One Always Feels For The Untimely Deaths Of Acquaintances, Family And Friends, All Because They Stood Up Against The Unlawful Tyranny Of Non-indian America.

In The Past, When We Were Initially Organizing To Bring About Changes, Our Elders Had Little Or No Political Experience. However, Today, Most Of Those American Indian Movement Organ-izers Are The Elders. They Are Quite Adept At Bringing Attention To The Public About Any Attacks Upon Our People.

There Are So Many Things That We Could Do But Education Would Be Our Primary Need In This Regard. And In Obtaining This Education We Need To Also Educate Ourselves And Others To The Truths That We Have Possessed From The Beginning That Allow Men To Live In Harmony With One Another.

The Government Honoring Our Treaties And Sovereignty Is First And Foremost. These Issues Are Still The Top Priority Which [barak] Obama, If Elected, Has Promised Us. For Us, We Should Implement The Most Impor-tant Programs Right Now: They Are Programs To Teach The Children A Positive Sense Of Dignity, Self-worth, And The Importance Of Sustaining Their Culture, History, Language And Honor As A People.

The Fbi With Their Heavy Influence On The Judiciary System Has Successfully Blocked Me On Every Turn.

This American Government Has Become Very Adept At Attaching Labels To People Who Defend Themselves, So That The General Population In America Will Condone Their Behavior.

Our People Still Need Support. Support Us Through Writing Your Government Officials. We Are Still On The Verge Of Extinction, With Continued Injustices Brought Against Us.