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• Title:[Leonard Peltier Defense Committee documents]
  
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• Author/Creator:Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
  
• Published/Created:[©1976]
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS vertical fileWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: VF-756
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Description:1 file folder
  
• Summary:File contains several documents related to the defense of Leonard Peltier, an AIM member seeking refuge in Canada following the incident at Wounded Knee. The documents include two blank petition forms addressed to the Minister of Justice in Ottawa requesting a stay of extradition; another letter from the Leonard Peltier Defense/Offense Committee requests support from friends and supporters, updating them on the details of Peltier's trial; another typed letter from Peltier (1 Nov, 1976) reaches out to his supporters to rally and unite; another document details the adoption of Peltier by the Canadian Kwawkgewlth Nation (8 Aug 1976) by Mrs. Ethel Pearson.