Assembly of First Nations rescinds support for activist Leonard Peltier
![IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR NDN COLLECTIVE AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA - Thirty-five Indigenous leaders and allies arrested outside the White House this afternoon as they join hundreds of Tribal leaders and supporters in urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier on his 79th birthday on Tuesday September,12, 2023 in Washington. A sign is shown near an iron fence outside the White House as several people are shown gathering. The sign reads, 'Free Leonard Peltier.'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7230190.1718038853!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/free-leonard-peltier-79th-birthday-action.jpg)
The Assembly of First Nations has reversed 37 years of support for locked-up American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier, citing Peltier’s alleged role interrogating murdered activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, who was Mi'kmaw from Nova Scotia.