November 26, 2015 - Day of Mourning
Brothers and Sisters,
It makes my heart happy to know so many of you are keeping this Day of Mourning event going.
I
hear there is going to be a National Geographic movie this month called
"Saints and Strangers" about the REAL Thanksgiving. I want you to know
that I believe… I KNOW this has only come about from your continued
protest and determination to expose what really happened. But, damn,
huh has it ever taken so long! :( Let’s hope this film DOES tell the
truth. I, for one, thank you very much, as this is what it was and is
all about—getting the real history told about the genocide that was
committed against us as a race of people and against our Nations. If we
don't do this, then it can and will happen again until we have all been
exterminated.
I'm
so proud of you young People out there too, all over the country,
standing up for our Nations and taking over because some of us can no
longer get out there to stand by your sides—or to stand there with you
and shake your hands.
February
6, 2016, will make it 40 straight years in here. Under the laws I was
indicted with, a life term was seven years. I have served over six life
sentences! As you know, I was sentenced to only two. To Native Peoples
this is also not surprising. In fact, this is something that happens
on a regular basis throughout Indian Country. And, as always, this is
not acceptable to us. So we protest, and we protest some more.
Over
the last four decades, I have been supported by people of all
backgrounds, races, and religions. As we approach the one-year mark on
President Obama’s remaining time in office, it is crucial for my
survival that everyone who has ever supported my release to please
contact my official Committee that works on my behalf, and coordinate
and organize with them.
In
2008, when asked about my case, then Senator Obama supposedly said,
“Show me the support." If all of you dedicate some of your time in 2016
to support my bid for clemency, I believe this President has the
courage to do the right thing and let me go home.
Remember,
too, that we have brothers and sisters who are themselves wrongfully
incarcerated, and I ask that we all coordinate to put an end to these
injustices.
I
wish I could lie to you and tell you I'm doing O.K., but that would not
be fair to you. Today, I have another call out to the prison clinic. I
guess some of the results must have come back from my last blood work.
I know I'm not feeling very well. It seems as if there are so many
things wrong with me… I don't know what to do or say to you, or even
where to start. Hell, I cannot even sit for any length of time. When I
get up my plexis area hurts so bad, I cannot walk but very slowly and
while hanging on to someone for support. But after a few steps I'm O.K.
So I move right along with the crowd. :) But those first few steps
are awfully painful. I asked for a cushion, but was told they don't have
any here—and to make one myself from a blanket. Well, news flash. I
did this and every time I did they took it away. Yep, for some reason
this is illegal. Then I have to deal with the other medical problems.
So, yeah, this is my Sundance. But you know what? You’re all worth it
and I would not hesitate to suffer for any of you again and again.
Well, I better end this before you get bored with me. :) So, again, thank you—all of you—for being decent loving human beings.
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse…
Doksha,
Leonard Peltier
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