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Open Letter to President Clinton by John Trudell T h i s i» our tune l « t u> embrace i t Then is n u fu n g w nxig w ith A m enes i h * c iv il n g h u movements m the United State» overreaated at Wounded Knee Instead o f after fr is rquallv d u tu r^ n g and frightening that carefully legitim ate firefight considering the he cured bv what ts nght with Am enes * despite inauguration [)«y, 1 9 9 ) subMantial evydeswe o f such im p np rietie», resfxxiae various which culm inated in a deadly fireligh t on To the ttkhgemxc» peapie o í Am enes (T n h n l N atio n al the phrase what u nght w ith A m enes can and doe» have m am the responsible rh e to rx and d éfinition between Far example. the the trib e ! «x n m in u tv . reflecting and the treaties the are law« legitimacy atxw u la w s a i nations To the and American , they h a w been pieces o í paper to he manipulated at w ill oí Law», the In Am enes, a tribes still are in « n ig g le to a u rn ve the genocide o f any effort» Am cncsnizstion » « s te in hemisphere populations to surrounded in o i the has the northern reduced sm alle« majority investigate these taken to fervent a This not only has prevented A c ia n e n li the one m ilitary show the sy«em documents through varxats court ! rneiksn o f Information obtained cases Act and the reveal that as a movement force. the crim inal means of the U S A m erican Jurtwe political purposes by the F B I C rim in a l the investigation into the of these and other constitutionality paramilitary .'pciations E w c a h v e Hrarah lixlependent Commission to invesiigate the F BI Government used ageikies a more m the and F B 1 and ccxxentrated agairot A I M . the Nixon \<tniini ctiatuxi be occupying the the Am encan Indian Movement ( A I M ) Congress has refused to conduct such an 1 9 7 ), this effort expanded to the use o f the fore«» o f the Il'S M arahars service and the F B I to atterojx to crurfi the Ridge Indian Reservation. the site o f the 1890 maasacre o f nearly 400 men. wxxnen investigation 1975. the Natxxial after A I M Frank would like this investigaticn's focal points investigated political and to be in the follow ing areas and wherever mvextigauon to F B I activities through the they may lead Irnxxivt.'sl uxiv began as a ¡xiXesl to documents and other evidence shows that governmental h eh a iio r included • starting lA x c m b c r massive and spevnxis crim inal ¡xrnecutxxi Treaty (la w ) o f I8T4I between the la k o ta . through the [xesent (moat the levels and means o f violence and In this generation w hile the ymtng killings e a a la te d with the arrival o f the F B 1 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in ended struggles to have Am erican government honor i respect i the law o f treats and the laws o f Am erica w ith the Ih e agreement violently 71 day m ilitary ), the F B I began to arm and equip „ ry e o f the a param ilitary U S Reservation loyal to However, arrested, ignored its aftei the the N ixon pronuaes the Native People reaorvatKxi (out of a o f Appeals for the Eighth C ircu it recently the firefight on June 26. court wrote (m ) a letter supporting the growing members o f A I M increasingly become aware and concerned ai the illegal and apparently ruthless conduct o i the F B I and other intelligence agencies in intim idation of Hits climate Lead directly to 1975, M w e e n and the F B I . Leaving support o f Executive Clemency far A I M three leader decision to investigate evidence o f F B I lexxiard PeltM». addressed to Senator Daniel Inouye the suppression o f native people's treaty and popuiatxxi 1 1 ,00 0 k which created a clim ate o f few and persons, access to lim ited F B I and countless have documented wounded hundreds o f trschtknal people on to Judge Gerald Heaney o f the U S Court we trffwl evidence shows this group niurilered and were Substantial years, after contact with attorneys, affected documents, the century of wrongs The United people crim inal States Ih e courts have, to date, been reluctant to provide re lie f G o vtiu m u it January 1 9 7 ) longer about ju d ic e , the dead cannot be f«xget then g rie f and. after more than 17 years o f w rongful (ille g a l) imprisonm ent. I ecxiard Peltier cannot be given those veaux tack 1 hey did mx > Lee tease H u t is about truth de»l A activities June against 23. A 1 M 1975. was known • The a iy w rm t givernm ental ccxnplicity in politically motivated murders Ridge Ik d iX a in Reaervation the early w ith in to A m erica should not be a country where government violence and manipulation of South the )u « ic e system w ill he used to suppress m id I9 7 trs individuals including the ambush murder o f O glala exit a g a in « Sioux C m l Rights O rganizatxxi leader M ae .Aquaah) asaaaamatian and attempts the wuxigs a id seek who speak redress o f W'e pray you luuleistand Anna numerous again« and w ganizatuxis legitim ate grievances P«xlro Btsaouette. the execution o f A I M member Anna M ae Fhctou ( a k a I ruth should Fe Truth can help make a wrong less wrong and «(xxiwevxl armed violence on and o ff the Pine H u s is no given back then lives, then fam ilies cannot group on the Pine Ridge adm inistration adm m i«ration Over the which dissent Governm ent to investigate and redress a occupiers W e are w riting this letter to you on a matter of urgency and tm p x ia rx e adm inistration of and iXhcr people throughout the wvxld Ih e reality is that W ixm ded Knee sc t i n « » » e re diantssed by «rpfxessrd in their own of Federal Courts due to illegal use o f the U S Government*» supfvrt for a c irru p t trihaJ engaged indictments U S policies o i war (V ie tn a m 1. o f ecology, of the tribe» were MX) the Arajiaho and the I Imted State», and the people o i Am encan were challenging the sexism and racism ( n e k over Amnesty Archbishop Canterbury, the Reverend Jesse Jackson 1972 cultural ro u e s which are strong ben lost to the the 5« mem bers ol the W e cto not expect on investigation ot the repeated nolabcxis o f the F art I ararme of native dissidents and I'artiam enl. IntemalKxial. Ih e role ol the F B I on the l*me Rtdge R n e ris tic x i 12. Indian Peltiet's effix ts lor a new these realities to bring justice w ith are the trestle« recognized a j Law and the noise a t the m ajority t anadian very early |9"’trs F BI Valley tnal have hern supported by over Iherefo te. we illegal ip e ra tK x u o f the F B I , lim iting its Mr members of t ongress, during the 1972 natnsial elections Church, Duck Ih e continued unlaw ful tnipriscxunenl o f activists Headquarters o f the Bureau o f Indian Affairs in Washington, D C Senate the ol the crim inal itLstice sy«em fix p olitical emhanassed In te llig e n c e t om m ittee. chaired by Senates and children o f the la k o ta (S io u x ) Nation I he In requests. 15 month»! on February on I ecxiard Peltiei and the Government*» use attack intelligence agencies in the U nited States By • iXher Since repeated 1979. purposrs again« infiltration and d ia u p tx a i of tribal treaty despite Sun i«ge related and a v i l rights organizations. moat taxable I9 g |, of lanu ly 5k Sunshine tage 3) and E li (.'hanging I here ts growing evidence that the U S for the her nxxher. 1 eah Hicks M anning, and in le llig e ik e activities against the Am erican and >xhcr of the Iru d c ll children. R x a rd a Star (age Indian Movement from I97Q g, present use o f the murders Chairm an John T ru dell, including Reservation in Nevada justice the anon his pregnant w ife I ma M an n in g Its »dell ( otnmissicxi on civil rights for a and Ih e A 1 M Petibcxis by W e are calling upxxi you to appexnt an System • conduct were also ignored In l*d t|, Amnesty International, beginning at toast by 1970. the FB I and of subjected to a military style cxcupaticxi by citing the Peltier case, recommended an other federal agencies began a campaign of because then crushing into the and the F B I that la«ed month» F BI government independent inquiry oceupatjcsi o f Wounded Knee un the Pine A ll the tribes h a w to defend themselves to attempted to u tilize minority rule concept! of addition fa h rx o f F ir« Amendment and treaty right» tnFwl democracy In redress o f grievances but threatens the very param ilitary The Peoples. a m ilitary F B 1 to No <aie has been held accountable ~ • _nuuesit in u ro aixxial N ative M arshals " matlers treaties between A m en es and the tribes To the congrevxnxia! nor A m enes*! poiicica o í ambiguity and of was essentially P*opt*ety rtsxxurrence to committee» grievances June 26. 1975, between the N ative Peoples A great many o í the utuatxxis connected and and the F B I agents and the U nited States refused the are clear •ufxcxnm ittees o f the U S ( cxigreaa have (seed tribe» ai fueftght The Pine R.dge Reservation was repeatedly meanings by existence the Peace to you, A I M leader Rusaell Means John Trudell quashed by the Church Com m ittee, the «hry Ih e Society o f People Struggling to he Free 12439 M agnolia Boulevard. Suite 296 Leonard Peltier North Hollvwsxid. C a lifo rn ia 9 1 607 Npf Update Leonard Peltier, N ative Am erican political prisoner. and his nqiporters are « ill aw aiting the decision from his November 9, 1992. Eighth Hearing C irc u it Court o f Appeals This appeal for a new trial hissed on the denial o f due is process in I ecxuinfs 1976 tnal lor the murder o f two F B I agents m the 1975 shoot -out between the FBI Indian and members o f the M ovem ent on the Reservation in South Dakota Peltier Defense Com m ittee Kansas stales forthcoming leonarcfs that by American Pine kidge Ih e Ixonaxd in la w re n ce . i f a decision the end attorneys is not o f July. w ill file a 1993. W rit of M andam us with the court in an effort to gel a decision O n May 3. 1 9 9 ), le a v e n worth Federal Penitentiary, where imprisoned, put ts currently I ecxiard its "M onitoring High Escape Risk l*nsoners Program" into effect This plan required pnscraers who were <iesigiutcd ils high escape risks by the staff V Io sign in every two hours 1 ecxiard. along ' " w ith ten others, refused, and they were put into solitary confinement, known to prison officials as "under adm inistrative actual" He was acting on the advice of (us attorneys. 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