The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his ...

The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden ...

Mark Hirsch is a historian at the National Museum of the American Indian. His research interests include 19th- and 20th-century social and cultural history, U.S. Indian policy, Native–European ...

Former President Joe Biden set presidential records for pardons and commutations during his time in office, a number he ...

The Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will protect more than 848,000 acres of public lands Sarah Kuta Because of his alleged involvement with the Ghost ...

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of ...

The history of Wounded Knee would spur American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) activists to occupy the site in 1973. They demanded the federal government honor the treaties made with various tribes.

Although the five Indian nations had made earlier attempts at resistance, many of their strategies were non-violent. One method was to adopt Anglo-American practices such as large-scale farming ...