Prison writings : my life is my sun dance /
My life is my sundance
Leonard Peltier ; edited by Harvey Arden ; introduction by Arvol Looking Horse ; preface by Desmond Tutu.
- First edition.
- xxvi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Introduction / A Prayer -- Preface / In My Own Voice -- Aboriginal Sin -- My Life Is a Prayer for My People -- The Heart of the World -- In the Shadowed Night -- The Knife of my Mind -- I Am Everyone -- Who I Am -- An Eagle's Cry -- Growing Up Indian -- My Crime's Being an Indian -- Becoming Political -- That Day at Oglala: June 26, 1975 -- A Life in Hell -- A Message to Humanity -- We Are Not Separate -- Forgiveness -- Difference -- The Message. Chief Arvol Looking Horse -- former Attorney General Ramsey Clark --
A prisoner for over twenty years, Peltier reflects on his childhood, his years with the American Indian Movement (AIM), the events at Oglala, and the infamous trial that followed.
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Peltier, Leonard--Imprisonment.
American Indian Movement
Oglala Indians--Biography Indian prisoners--Kansas--Leavenworth--Biography. Prisoners' writings, American--Kansas--Leavenworth.