Re: interview with leonard peltier

Ellen Kemper (ekemper@igc.org)
Fri, 5 Jul 1991 23:22:00 PDT


One minor comment. It is my understanding that Leonard Peltier is from
the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe in North Dakota. He was on the Oglala
reservation with others from the American Indian Movement when the shooting
occurred.

Also, I cannot agree with Leonard's comment about most Indians wanting to get
rid of the federal government. Ideally this is the case but most tribes are
financially dependent on your tax dollars and are not self-sufficient. This is
why it is so difficult to get tribal support for projects such as Nuclear Free
Zones or other projects that repel the federal government.