January 18, 2017, in a letter addressed to Leonard Peltier’s lawyer, the Obama administration formally denied the request to grant clemency to Peltier. Continue reading
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Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Calls on President Obama to Grant Clemency for Leonard Peltier
The Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, Dave Archambault II, is calling on President Obama to grant executive clemency for Leonard Peltier. Continue reading
Great Sioux Nation Calls on President Obama to ‘Stop the Coming Attack on our Native People!’
Dear President Obama, We write to demand that you take action to avoid a humanitarian crisis: Protect our Native people! As Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, you are about to preside over a human rights disaster on the scale of Selma. Continue reading
Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Responds to President Obama’s Declaration on Rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline
In an interview last night, President Obama declared that the Army Corps of Engineers is currently analyzing a reroute of the Dakota Access Pipeline that would avoid the sacred sites of Native Americans. I am glad that President Obama is finally taking action to address what I feel is the most important environmental issue currently facing our country. Continue reading
Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman meets with President Obama over Dakota Access pipeline
LOS ANGELES – The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Chairman Harold Frazier met with President Obama at a roundtable event held in Los Angeles today at a private home in Beverly Hills. Continue reading