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Native American activist Leonard Peltier, freed from prison, is welcomed on North Dakota reservation • Feb. 19, 2025, 7:52 PM ET (AP)
Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden commuted his sentence in the killing of two FBI agents • Feb. 18, 2025, 4:45 PM ET (AP)

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Born September 12, 1944 (age 80) • Grand Forks • North Dakota

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