Activist Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence commuted on final day of Biden administration

National Congress of American Indians called Peltier “one of the longest incarcerated Native American political prisoners.”

Native American leaders and activists protest for the release of imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier outside the White House in September 2023. (Flickr/CTB in DC)

A version of this story was originally published in Alberta Native News.

In one of his final acts in office, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Pe…