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Leonard Peltier's AD HOC Defense Committee Update: Action Plan for his Release

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Today's guests are here to make their case, and speak to the plan for the release of Leonard Peltier from Federal Prison.

Paulette Dauteuil has been involved in revolutionary politics since the mid-’60s. She became part of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC) in L.A. and, with Robert Robideau, organized the Los Angeles defense trial of Leonard Peltier after he escaped from Lompoc Federal Prison in 1979. Paulette now serves on the Advisory Board of the Jericho Movement for Amnesty for Political Prisoners (PP) and POWs.

Chief Henry Red Cloud is the direct 5th generation descendant of Chief Red Cloud and was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. For more than a decade, Henry has devoted himself to developing his expertise with renewable energy applications that are environmentally sound, economically beneficial, and culturally appropriate.  Henry reminds tribes that they can live sustainably and shows them that by embracing clean, renewable energy, there is a way to return to a traditional relationship with Mother Earth.

Mia Feroleto is a well-known art advisor, activist, and artist who divides her time between Vermont and South Dakota. She was the creator of A SHELTER FROM THE STORM: ARTISTS FOR THE HOMELESS OF NEW YORK and ARTWALK NY, an annual event for the Coalition for the Homeless that has been copied all around the country since beginning in 1995. In 2022, as the authorized representative of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, she negotiated the return of 131 artifacts stolen from the dead at the Wounded Knee Massacre.  She is the publisher of New Observations Magazine, the producer/creator of HEMP NY CITY, and the creator and producer of the Consciousness and Contact conferences that have received worldwide recognition. 

 

 

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