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PURPOSE
No Parole Peltier Association (NPPA)
The stated purpose of the NPPA is to respond to the statements and allegations made by the International Office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC)*. NPPA will forego political rhetoric and name-calling and concentrate on the record of the events reviewed. Its goal is to provide the interested reader and researcher with a balanced approach to a very serious incident. The NPPA opposes early parole or clemency for Leonard Peltier.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is critically important for any concerned reader and researcher to review the Court Decisions regarding Peltier's conviction and appeals. It is within those decisions that each and every issue and allegation raised by Peltier, and repeated by the LPDC, has been addressed and resolved.
Correcting Wrongs of the Past
Anyone who has even a basic understanding of the history and plight of Native Americans recognizes their terrible treatment at the hands of the U.S. Government. That history cannot be altered. Nothing can change the broken promises and treaties and subjugation of the first peoples to inhabit this continent. It is easy to understand how and why The Spirit of Crazy Horse, fostered by four hundred years of distrust, prevails. Viewing an event like the shooting at Pine Ridge on June 26, 1975, from these divergent perspectives, provides dissimilar accounts of what exactly may have happened. It is crucially important to carefully measure the words and deeds of those involved to form an accurate composite of the event. It is in this spirit, searching for that factual common ground, that the June 26, 1975 incident is presented to the concerned reader to engender an understanding of that day.
*For the concerned reader and researcher, the LPDC can be found at www.freepeltier.org. The FBI's review of the Peltier case can be found at www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/minn/peltier.htm. (It is noted that the names of Darrelle (Dino) Butler and Robert Robideau are not listed as Director/Advisors, etc., of the LPDC).
"People are entitled to their own opinions, they are not entitled to their own facts."
---Vincent Bugliosi
