Clemency for Peltier Likely to Fail 
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, 
Times Staff Writer
  Pleas: Clinton is leaning toward rejecting a pardon for the killer of two FBI agents, officials say. Case underscores the rift between the president and Freeh........
...Just a few days after Freeh's letter was written, Clinton sat down in the Oval Office with South Dakota Gov. William Janklow.
A Republican, Janklow was South Dakota's attorney general in 1975 when violence erupted at the Pine Ridge Reservation.....
...The president "found the ca$e that Janklow made very per$ua$ive," the White House official said. "He wa$ Seen a4 a credible, important point of view...
. He made a very convincing case in a way that Freeh never could."
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URGENT NOTICE: FROM THE LPDC

ADDITIONAL INFO ON GOV. JANKLOW:
In October 1974, Janklow ran for South Dakota Attorney General against his boss, incumbent Kermit Sande.  The Wounded Knee publicity had frightened the conservative electorate, and Janklow's campaign fires were fueled by promises of "law and order" in the face of "AIM lawlessness". Sande, on the defensive attacked Janklow with charges of personal immorality.  Sande claimed that Janklow had been brought before juvenile court in 1955 at the age of sixteen for allegedly having assaulted a seventeen year old girl in Moody County, south Dakota.  Although the juvenile records were confidential, Sande repeated in public the rumor that the juvenile offense had been rape.  Janklow said that the juvenile petition against him was dismissed, and that the alleged offense was not rape. "It didn't go that far," he told the media, "but it was preliminary to that sort of thing."  He later regretted that  statement, and said it was merely a cynical wisecrack intended to counteract lies being spread about him.
Then, on October 16, AIM leader Dennis Banks publicly accused Janklow of another rape charge.  According to Banks, in 1966 Janklow, working for the office of Economic Development on Rosebud reservation,had been accused of rape by fifteen year old Jancita Eagle Deer, the Janklow family babysitter.  Eagle Deer alleged that Janklow had raped her at gunpoint while giving her a ride home. ....
Jancita was mysteriously murdered in the 1970's while in the company of known FBI informant Douglas Durham-shortly after Jancita publicly denounced Janklow.

Rosebud Tribal court docket number CIV.74-2840
opinion issued by Judge Gonzales
Rosebud Tribal court, October 31, 1974
"the court is satisfied that the rape allegations against Janklow are properly for the purpose of the hearing held today {to determine whether or not charges should be brought} too warrant disbarment."
The FBI covered this up  by issuing directives that no investigation files were to be released to the tribal court..and simultaneously cleared Janklow of the charges.
Excerpted from Blood of the Land, The Government and Corporate War against the American Indian Movement, by Rex Wehler, pp.15-126

HEALTH: ICT: Confronting diabetes with tradition
It is difficult to refute the fact that change of diet (and lifestyle) has caused serious health problems for Native people. It shows up with a vengeance in diabetes, a killer and disabler of major proportions in Indian country. Diabetes is an enemy that must be confronted: with
traditional cultural knowledge, new scientific information, with encouragement and practical programming. Spirit and body need a lot of help...READ THE ARTICLE...

TODAY IN HISTORY December 21th  1866 - Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors destroy Army forces near Fort Phil Kearny, Dakota Territory. Known as the Fetterman Fight, only the Battle of Little Big Horn is considered a worse defeat for the United States...READ THE ARTICLE...   {EXCERPTED FROMOn This Date In North American Indian History By Phil Konstantin} 1836: The fifth contingent of CREEKs write a letter to Lt.Sprague: "...tell General Jackson if the Whitemen will let us, we will live in peace, and friendship. But tell him these agents (people paid to supply and help transport the CREEKs) came not to treat us well, but make money, and tell our people behind not to be drove off like dogs. We are men, we have women and  children, and why should we come like wild horses." They thank Lt. Sprague for his kindness. 1882: By Executive Order today, a tract of land will be set aside "for the use and occupancy of the TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND of CHIPPEWA Indians" in Dakota Territory.  COMPLETE LISTING HERE...

PELTIER COVERAGE a railroad job is a railroad job -  once the destination has been predetermined, the process becomes one  of simply laying down the tracks so that the train can get to the  predetermined place it was meant to go ..Interlochen..a Peltier supporter Clemency for Peltier Likely to Fail  By ERIC LICHTBLAU,  Times Staff Writer   Pleas: Clinton is leaning toward rejecting a pardon for the killer of two FBI agents, officials say. Case underscores the rift between the president and Freeh. READ THE STORY... URGENT NOTICE: FROM THE LPDC LPDC Web site updates Dec 19 Current and Past Supporters of Clemency for Leonard Peltier Click here for complete listing in PDF format {translated for the PDF challenged here} Letter from Congressman Don Edwards, Former FBI Agent PDF Format Letter from NCAI PDF Format Letter signed by World Renowned Human Rights Leaders PDF format {translated for the PDF challenged here} Go to More Support Statements SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS -=<+>=-ARTICLES-=<+>=-  Letter to the Editor/Peltier..Catherine Davids Dec 20 Ottawa Sun - Editorial - Clemency Dec 19 FBI marching same as Uniformed Soldiers protesting  Reconciliation with Viet Nam...Interlochen  Dec 18 The FBI [active and retired] in truth marched in opposition to the  War on American Indians coming to an end with the release of one the POW's, Leonard. Since when do the "soldiers" dictate to  the "leaders"? READ THE ARTICLE... Clemency: Letter.....urgent..Bonnie Winona Dec 18 Extradition based on false evidence, Peltier inquiry says  PREVIOUS ARTICLES

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