page_title: Pan-Indianism
section_title: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
hierarchical_section_title: Pan-Indianism / Organizations / Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
caption_attribution_description: English: Political graffiti in Los Angeles demanding "Lets Free Leonard Peltier &amp; All Political Prisoners"
context_page_description: Pan-Indianism is a philosophical and political approach promoting unity, and to some extent cultural homogenization, among different Native American, First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups in the Americas regardless of tribal distinctions and cultural differences.
  This approach to political organizing is primarily associated with Native Americans organizing for social justice and cultural revitalization in the Continental United States, but has spread to some other Indigenous communities as well. Inuit and Métis people may consider themselves part of the broader, pan-Aboriginal community, or some variation thereof. Some academics have also used the term pan-Amerindianism to distinguish from other peoples known as "Indians". Some pan-Indian organizations seek to pool the resources of Indigenous groups in order to protect the interests of Native peoples across the world.
context_section_description: The LPDC is a national and international support group working to free Leonard Peltier (Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota), a man who is serving two life sentences at the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas. He was convicted to prison for the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. There is much controversy surrounding the circumstances of the deaths and of Peltier's conviction. Leonard's status is more well-known overseas, and is considered by some to be a "political prisoner" who was targeted by the FBI during the U.S. government's efforts to curb the activities of AIM and other organizations during the 1970s.
caption: Political graffiti in Los Angeles demanding "Lets Free Leonard Peltier & All Political Prisoners".
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