Leonard Peltier Honor Page

Leonard Peltier is an Anishinabe/Lakota who was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, and who today is incarcerated in the federal penitentiary of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, although there is NO PROOF AT ALL that he is guilty of any crime or offense whatsoever.

A page, where we hope, to show honor to our Brother. Please feel free to contact Leonard and let him know that there are those of us who are thinking and praying for him. Contact LP-DOC and see what you can do to help.......

~Below is an article discussing the sentencing of Arlo Looking Cloud, the man convicted of Anna Mae's death. Has her killer come to justice, or is this just another situation of "someone has to pay"?) Read Dennis Banks' statement in the article following this one.~SH

The Patriot Act legalizes COINTELPRO type tactics and violates the civil rights of all Americans in the name of Homeland Security. It has not been proven to make 'our homeland' more secure. Many cities and counties across the nation have called for its repeal either in part or in whole.

301 Civil Liberties Safe Zones! Four states and 297 cities and counties have passed resolutions to protect their 51,035,028 residents' civil liberties. Hundreds more resolutions critical of the Patriot Act are in

After Leonard was convicted, Peltier's legal team acquired, through the Freedom of Information Act requests, 12,000 documents that the FBI had previously withheld. These documents unequivocally demonstrated that the FBI withheld crucial exculpatory evidence which was not presented at trial and that the FBI presented perjurious testimony to wrongfully and unfairly obtain Leonard's conviction. The FBI, under the guise of

We, the legal team filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York on 12/02/03. As a result of this FOIA lawsuit, the FBI reviewed 812 pages from the Buffalo field office and released 797 pages in full or part on 3/16/04. The FBI is invoking national security and law enforcement exemptions for withholding documents. As a result of a suit in Minneapolis, the Chicago file of approximately 2,500 docs has been released in full or in part based on the exemptions. Processing has begun on the Minneapolis file and we have learned that the Minneapolis file actually has 90,000 pages. We had initially believed that only 45,000 were in the main file, but we have now learned that an additional 45,000 are in a sub-file. Also, we have learned that there are a total of 140,000 files in field offices around the country, whereas, previously, the FBI had told the team that there were 60-100,000.

A request was submitted to the New York City office and we were advised that Leonard's files "was presently unavailable" and placed on "special locate." This was reiterated again in the summer of 2003. In December of 2003, we filed an appeal and on February 27, 2004, OIP advised us that the FBI was making every effort. People should contact their representatives in the Senate and the House to find out what happened to the missing files and to inquire as to why the files haven't been produced.

Leonard has sued Demain for libelous statements implicating Leonard in the murder of Anna Mae Aquash. Leonard has also sued Demain for making half truths which are in effect falsehoods because the statements ignore key facts which put the statements in context. Leonard continues to pursue the suit and Demain's deposition will be taken in the near future.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the Parole Commission's refusal to reconsider Leonard for parole until December 2008. In doing so the Court acknowledged: "Much of the government behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in the prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It coerced witnesses. These facts are undisputed."

In any event, we filed a petition for certiorari (a request to have the Supreme Court hear the case) and it was denied, "without comment" in mid April, 2004. We have also petitioned Congress to request that it conduct hearings into the government misconduct at Pine Ridge and in the prosecution of Mr. Peltier.

Bernard Kleinman continues to pursue the Civil Rights action. The government is acting particularly egregiously in attempting to avoid service of process. In spite of the adoption of rules of federal civil procedure, which seek to make it easy for parties to be served without the incurring of unnecessary expenses, the government refused to follow its own rules and has attempted to make it difficult for us, Leonard's legal team, to achieve service of process. Despite the roadblocks set up by the government, service of process is underway. We hope to have all parties served within the next two weeks so that the government will be forced to address the allegations, which involve outrageous and extreme behavior by current and former FBI agents. As expected, the FBI has moved to dismiss. We expect to strenuously oppose this and defeat it. The next phase of the lawsuit will involve discovery which will be costly as it involves document acquisition, paralegal assistance, and taking depositions from FBI agents under oath.

Carl Nadler and Barry Bachrach are presently representing Leonard in an action which is extremely important to his freedom. The action claims the unconstitutional application of the Sentencing Reform Act by the United States Parole Commission ("Commission"). Once Congress mandate release of those in Leonard's position within a specific date within guidelines, Congress' subsequent repeal of that statute, thereby increasing the sentences of those in Leonard's position constitutes a violation of Leonard's Constitutional rights and means he has been unconstitutionally incarcerated since November of 1992. We need to rally around this issue and insure that the courts finally give Leonard the justice he is due.

Finally the legal team has many other avenues it is pursuing to seek Leonard's long overdue freedom. Because of the importance in keeping these tactics confidential, the information presented in this update is all that can be revealed now. However, it is the legal team's firm opinion that there are still many avenues of relief, which should ultimately open the prison doors for Leonard. More than ever, the legal team and Leonard need your support to keep these avenues alive. The legal team will keep you informed as to how you all can help. In particular, you will be informed as soon as it is known who the new Congressional Government Reform Committee Chair is. Your help is so important in attaining Leonard's ultimate freedom from the unjust imprisonment he has faced all these years.

After 28 years, the courts still won't correct the wrongs of the past. On April 19 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals' denial of Leonard Peltier's request to be considered for parole, despite the Circuit Court's recognition that the government indisputably engaged in misconduct in the prosecution of Peltier.

the Nobel Peace prize, is serving two life terms for the 1975 shooting deaths of two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. His appeals have been exhausted.

Barry Bachrach, lead attorney for Peltier, told the Circuit Court that the Parole Commission strayed from its own guidelines when it repeatedly refused to consider setting a parole date until 2008. Had it followed such guidelines, Peltier would have been released more than 10 years ago.

In November 2003, the Circuit Court acknowledged "Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge reservation and in its prosecution of Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses.

Bachrach and other members of Peltier's legal team recently submitted a formal request to the U.S. Congress for an investigation into the Justice Department's actions against Peltier and the American Indian Movement (AIM) during the 1970s. Such an inquiry, Bachrach said, "is long overdue."

Peltier supporters have asked the House Judiciary Committee to include the case of Peltier in their investigation of FBI misconduct following the House Government Reform Committee report on the "Deegan case," in which the FBI cultivated a hit man as a star informant and government witness, and watched silently as he falsely accused four men of the murder.

Internal FBI documents show agents and their supervisors knew the identities of the real killers in the Deegan case, but that federal officials took "affirmative steps" to make sure that the four innocent men convicted in the case would not obtain post-conviction relief and would die in prison. Two of them did.

FBI ballistics expert, who claimed that a firing pin test of an AR-15 rifle, believed to be owned by Peltier, matched shell casings found near the slain agents. However, the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC) obtained FBI documents stating that the test proved inconclusive. Even prosecutor Lynn Crooks, during oral arguments for a new trial, said, "We can't prove who shot those agents."

In an earlier appeal, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals stated that, had evidence not been withheld from the defense at the original trial, the jury "possibly" could have come to a different conclusion. However, according to the Bagley standard (U.S. v. Bagley), the defense needs to prove that the jury "probably" could have come to a different conclusion.

Another approach of Peltier's legal team is getting the release of FBI documents to prove Peltier's innocence. The FBI has recently turned over 797 pages from its Buffalo field office concerning Peltier. The FBI also admitted to the defense team that 140,000 pages related to the case are in field offices, far more than previously admitted. At the Peltier trial in 1977, the U.S. government said only 3,500 pages existed.

responding to constituent requests for the release of the documents. The LPDC has learned that up to an additional 100,000 pages of files are still being withheld, and is urging people to contact members of the Senate Judiciary's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security to demand public hearings for the release of the remaining documents.

It is also asking people to contact members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee to finish the work the Church Committee began nearly 30 years ago to uncover the COINTELPRO tactics employed against the American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier. Members of the congressional committees can be found and contacted by logging on to www.congress.org and clicking on "U.S. Congress."

The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee received 30,000 pages of FBI documents this summer relating to the Peltier case, which were obtained by Congressman Barney Frank, and I am aware that Mr. Peltier's attorney has filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests which are now pending at a number of FBI Field Offices for additional case related information.

Louis Freeh, the director of the FBI from 1993 to 2001, testified before the 9/11 Commission, saying his agency's ability to prevent 9/11 was frustrated by Congress, which did not provide sufficient money and resources.

Now the federal government has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by two leaders of the environmental group Earth First who were arrested and branded eco-terrorists by the FBI after they were injured when a bomb exploded in their car in Oakland 14 years ago.

The three years following Wounded Knee are often referred to as the Pine Ridge "Reign of Terror" because over 60 traditionalists were murdered between 1973-6. The FBI turned a blind eye to these events. On the contrary the FBI supplied vigilantis with weaponry against AIM.

The FBI found enough time and money to take a full page ad in all the major US papers in December, 2000 to print their version about Leonard Peltier's role in the murder of the two FBI agents. The ad's didn't mention that a proscecutor stated that the government didn't know who shot those agents.

supervisors (right up to former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover), in the 1965 murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan. This is a case in which the FBI cultivated a Mafia hit man as a star informant and then government witness, and watched silently as he falsely accused four men of the murder.

Internal FBI documents show that FBI agents and their supervisors knew the identities of the real killers all along. Federal officials also took "affirmative steps" to make sure that the four innocent men convicted in the Deegan case "would not obtain post-conviction relief and that they would die in prison."

So it is up to Congress to see that the laws of the land are abided by. There answer is not by funding the FBI, but by overseeing the FBI & the obsequious courts. Thats where the Senate & House Judiciary Committee's come in.

Native American activist Leonard Peltier has spent 28 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit - the cold-blooded murder of two FBI agents on an Indian reservation in the summer of 1975. On Friday, as another activist was jailed for life for a murder on the same reservation, BBC News Online spoke to Peltier's lawyer Barry Bachrach.

On Friday a former AIM activist, Arlo Looking Cloud, was jailed for life for the murder of a colleague, Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, whose body was found on the Pine Ridge reservation in February 1976. The trial heard she was killed because she was suspected of being an FBI informant.

Mr Bachrach said he visited Peltier last week at Leavenworth penitentiary in Kansas: "I asked Leonard about what Kamook said. He said he was asked to inquire of Anna Mae if she was working for the FBI and he took her into a teepee in Farmington, New Mexico to talk to her. But it's false to say he struck a gun in her mouth."

Mr Bachrach said: "We are not going to go away. This is an injustice and a government cover-up and we are just not going to go away until Leonard is released and even when he is released we will not go away."

He recently wrote to the US Congress asking them to widen an investigation into FBI misconduct in Boston, Massachusetts (involving mafia boss James "Whitey" Bulger) to include alleged misconduct among FBI agents in South Dakota in the 1970s.

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former U.S. District Judge Paul Benson, who presided over high-profile murder trials involving American Indian activist Leonard Peltier and suspects in the killing of two federal marshals, has died. He was 85.

Benson died Thursday in the Willow Pointe assisted living center in Verona, Wis., a suburb of Madison, according to his daughter, Polly. He had taken senior status, with a reduced caseload, in 1985. He retired in 1998.

Benson handled two of North Dakota's most closely followed murder trials during more than a decade on the federal bench - the 1977 trial of Peltier in Fargo for the deaths of two FBI agents, and the 1983 trial of four people in a shootout near Medina, in central North Dakota, in which two federal marshals were killed.

"In his own way, he was a very kind, gentle individual, but he was very much to himself, and that's the way he saw judging," attorney Jim Hill of Bismarck, who was a law clerk for Benson in the 1970s, said.

"There were people who criticized him because they felt he was rigid," she said. He believed strongly, she said, about "remaining true to the law rather than bending his application of the law to fit his own personal views."

Benson was an aide to Young in the late 1940s in Washington, D.C., while he was attending law school at George Washington University. He served in the Navy after graduating from the University of North Dakota in 1942, leaving four years later as a lieutenant.

He remained there until he was appointed to the federal bench, except for a seven-month stint in 1954 as North Dakota's attorney general. Benson completed the term of the incumbent, Elmo Christianson, who resigned after he was convicted of a federal charge of conspiring to bring illegal slot machines into North Dakota.

In 1977, Benson presided over the jury trial of Peltier, an American Indian Movement member who was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for killing two FBI agents on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Two of the four defendants, Yorie Kahl and Scott Faul, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Yorie Kahl's mother, Joan, was acquitted, and another man, David Broer, was convicted of conspiracy and harboring a fugitive.

A history of the state's federal judges, "Patronage: Histories and Biographies of North Dakota's Federal Judges," written by former law clerk Ardell Tharaldson of Bismarck, says the heightened security around Benson continued for several years after he received the mail bomb in 1986.

"I think the security detail ... and the sense of a threat hanging over him and over his wife all the time, really did take its toll on both of them," she said. "They had marshals with them at the grocery store, with them on vacation - everywhere."

Benson was born June 1, 1918, near Verona, in LaMoure County in southeastern North Dakota. He attended county schools, and graduated from UND in 1942. He married his wife, the former Laurel Johnson of Grand Forks, that year.

In light of the yesterday's denial by the Supreme Court of Leonard Peltier's appeal of parole and the response by Peltier attorney Barry Bachrach, we ask that supporters of justice for Leonard Peltier write immediately to the chair and ranking members of the Judiciary Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as your twosenators and representative.

- The Supreme Court decision in denying Leonard's appeal does not uphold justice according the to constitution and laws of this country as the decision was likely (since it came with no comment) based on information which has been proven erroneous.

- That in light of the facts, which are a matter of public record, some portion of which has been brought to their attention by the Peltier legal team last month in the position paper "Official Misconduct in Indian Country: The U.S. Department of Justice," (http://www.peltiersupport.org)

- Request hearings into the misuse not only of informants, but agent provocateurs against the American Indian Movement (AIM); the Bureau's role in the "Reign of Terror" at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from 1973-1976; Official misconduct against AIM in general, and in the case against Leonard Peltier in particular.

On this day in 1973, the takeover at Wounded Knee ended. The events in 1973 led to the Pine Ridge "Reign of Terror" and the shoot out that occurred on June 26, 1975. To download a reprint of the original New York Times article announcing the end of the takeover (see "Historical Documents"): http://www.peltiersupport.org/Docs.html

An ongoing activity related to the Judiciary Committee Campaign is the solicitation of letters of support from civic organizations and solidarity groups. Approximately 20 national and international groups have been contacted, to date. Much more work needs to be done.

You can help. Do you belong to an Amnesty International or American Civil Liberties Union chapter? A church? A local activists' organization? Ask your group to submit a letter of support for hearings by the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary into official misconduct by the Federal Bureau of Investigation against the American Indian Movement, in general, and Leonard Peltier, specifically.

We the members of (INSERT ORGANIZATION NAME) fully support the actions of the Committee on the Judiciary with respect to your upcoming hearings on the misuse of informants by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Ideally, we recommend that the Committee investigate all instances of official misconduct on the part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the FBI, in particular. However, we understand that your time is limited.

Despite repeated calls for congressional hearings by the U.S. CivilRights Commission, Amnesty International and individual members of Congress, no congressional committee has yet had the courage to provide a forum by which to air the truth and bring closure to one of this nation's most turbulent eras. Under your leadership, the Committee has the opportunity and duty, as our concepts of justice and good government require, to set right the tragic errors of the past. It is our hope that you will give serious consideration to the proposal Made by the attorneys for Leonard Peltier to conduct a full investigation of misconduct by the DOJ in Indian Country, i.e., against the American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier.

We ask that the Committee on the Judiciary act now in the interests of truth and justice for all Americans. It is time that misconduct within the DOJ be uncovered and the responsible parties held accountable.

We understand that your organization may not submit a letter of support. In that event, please encourage individuals in your membership to write seven letters of support for Leonard (instructions are available at (http://www.peltiersupport.org), and also sign a petition.

decent homes and jobs for the millions of every color -- including many, many white people -- who are being denied their human and civil rights every day of every week by the special interests who are trying to steal America. Government must be by, of and for the People, not by, of and for the special interests. Read your own Declaration of Independence and Constitution, America. It's all there.

"If building more prisons for those of us who are unlike yourselves is to be your strategy, then, I promise you, you cannot build enough prisons to hold us all. I ask America, as one familiar with your darkest side as well as with your shining possibilities, rethink this current craze for building ever more prisons for ever more of those of us born different than you. We don't need more prisons. We need more compassion. That compassion is our own highest possibility.

"Democracy means difference, not sameness. Allow us our differences as we allow you yours. We don't conflict with each other; we complement each other. We need each other. Each of us is responsible for what happens on this Earth. We are each absolutely essential, each totally irreplaceable. Each of us is the swing vote in the bitter election battle now being waged between our best and our worst possibilities. How are you going to cast your all-important ballot? Humanity awaits your decision.

"We must each be an army of one in the endless struggle between the goodness we are all capable of and the evil that threatens us all from without as well as from within. Yes, we can each be an army of one. One good man or one good woman can change the world, can push back the evil, and their work can be a beacon for millions, for billions. Are you that man or woman? If so, may the Great Spirit bless you. If not, why not? We must each of us be that person. That will transform the world overnight.

That would be a miracle, yes, but a miracle within our power, our healing power. To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon one another with respect and tolerance instead of prejudice, distrust and hatred. We will have to teach our children -- as well as ourselves - to love the diversity of humanity. To heal we will have to make a conscious effort to live as the Creator intended, as sisters and brothers, all of one human family, caretakers of this fragile, perishable and sacred Earth. To heal we will have to come to the realization that we are all under a life sentence together on this planet... and there's no chance for parole.

Many people have come and gone in my life, some I may never see again in this lifetime and some have left and come back again. I have come to recognize that true relatives aren't always related by the blood that flows in your veins, but by the blood, sweat and tears that is given for the common good of all.

From inside this prison I have done my best to help raise my kids and grandkids and yet maintain a level of commitment to raising awareness to the plight of my people and all Indigenous Peoples who face on a daily basis the cruel realities of a technological world where might makes right and morality be damned.

I want you to know that whether we win this battle for me or not, you my relatives have my heart always. I am almost 60 years old, but I'll tell you now the oppressors will know we're here. They'll know they are challenged at every turn. Sometimes it's not up to us to decide whether we are winning or losing; it rests within the will of the Creator. What is up to us is our will to continue the battle. The battle will never be over so long as one person is a victim of this oppressive, exploitive mind-set that has engulfed so much of the world.

I'm a realist; I know that I'm not the cause; I'm only a focal point of the cause. The cause is the cause of all, and with the latest turmoil in government you will soon become acutely aware of the ramifications of these illegal decisions in Washington for as they have done to me, they'll do to others and have done to others. There are other prisoners that you haven't heard of because the misdeeds of the FBI and other governmental entities aren't as well documented. This government has literally passed retroactive laws that have prevented the legal release of myself and others, but I also want you to know that we have other strategies that we are working on. We have a Habeas Corpus filed in Washington that will soon be in litigation regarding these constitutional violations.

"...He [DeMain] neither believes nor feels that Mr. Peltier ordered, or was capable of ordering, the death of Ms. Pictou-Aquash, nor does he believe according to the evidence & testimony he now has, that Mr. Peltier had any involvement in her death."

In a lawsuit filed over one year ago, a motion to enforce a settlement agreement was filed today with the Eighth U.S. District Court of Claims in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier and Paul DeMain, editor of News From Indian Country.

A member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), Peltier was charged for the June 26, 1975, shooting deaths of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South

Dakota. Peltier, who still maintains his innocence, was convicted of the killings in 1977 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. He is currently imprisoned at the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.

"Statements were authored by DeMain that were false, defamatory, and malicious. They were then circulated by DeMain's newspaper with reckless disregard and with the knowledge that they were false," explained Barry Bachrach, Peltier's attorney. "DeMain stated, as a matter of fact, that Mr. Peltier was guilty of shooting the two FBI agents when the government itself has repeatedly admitted that it did not and cannot prove that Mr. Peltier shot the agents," Bachrach added. "DeMain also has implied Peltier's involvement in the Pine Ridge murder of fellow AIM member Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash in 1976."

According to Bachrach, DeMain had avoided giving a deposition for several months. Just before a deposition was finally to take place, on or about April 9, 2004, the two parties began settlement negotiations.

6. he [DeMain] neither believes nor feels that Mr. Peltier ordered, or was capable of ordering, the death of Ms. Pictou-Aquash, nor does he believe according to the evidence and testimony he now has, that Mr. Peltier had any involvement in her death."

However, to date, DeMain has not issued his statement. With the exception of a call from DeMain's attorney indicating only a brief delay, Demain and his attorney have not answered Bachrach's telephone calls. Therefore, a motion to enforce performance of the settlement agreement was filed with the court.

Leonard Peltier's case has been the topic of several books - In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen, for example - and documentaries, most notably Incident at Oglala produced by Robert Redford. Amnesty International, convinced that he did not receive a fair trial and will not receive fair consideration for parole or executive clemency, has called for Peltier's immediate and unconditional release. Leonard Peltier, noted for his continuing activism and humanitarian works, also was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

"Justice is possible for both Anna Mae and Leonard Peltier, but justice won't be done in either case by people falsely pointing fingers of blame. Leonard's only concern is for the truth, which is why monetary damages are not a part of this settlement. We believe that Anna Mae's murder was the direct result of FBI misconduct on Pine Ridge during the 1970s."

Peltier's legal team, supported by human rights organizations worldwide, continues to urge congressional hearings on FBI misconduct against AIM and Peltier. The attorneys recently submitted a formal request for hearings to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC.

He sympathized with his case and mentioned how Winona laduke supported his freedom. He mentioned Senator Inouye's support for Leonard. I mentioned Senator Campbell & the late Senator Paul Wellstone's support as well.

Once again we are planning to have a picnic and vigil for Leonard Peltier on June 26th in London (England). Please join us on this day to remember all those who died in the Pine Ridge reign of terror in the 1970s resulting in the continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier and also to give support to the indigenous people of Turtle Island who are still being persecuted to this day.

We will gather in the area around the Fountain of Life adjacent to the Aldford Street North gate in Hyde Park and have an informal picnic and socialising. Please bring your own food and maybe some to share. We will then proceed to the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square for a vigil and the handing in of our petition and letter. If the weather is wet the gathering will be around the covered seating area adjacent to the Brook Street Gate.

There are numerous buses that go to this area so just ask for Marble Arch, or Speakers Corner. The nearest parking is in the underground car park on Park Lane (clearly marked) or Pay and Display all around Grosvenor Square.

We will need to notify the police of approximate numbers expected as we may require a police escort. This would give us a higher profile and hopefully even media coverage; so could you let us know how many of you will be attending a.s.a.p. Thank you.

responsbility for his actions of June 26, 1975, rather than just showing remorse to the cameras for what happened, is the day Leonard Peltier will begin to regain the credibility amongst those people I have known to support him in the past. His continued support of John Graham's fight against extradition to the United States to stand trial for the 1st degree murder of Annie Mae speaks volumes about Peltier's continued fear of the emerging truth in her case."

DeMain continued, "My great-great-great-grandfather, Captain Honyere Doxtator, who fought with George Washington against the British, killed British soldiers as part of his reponsibilities as a warrior of the Oneida Nation. He didn't claim to be back in the longhouse saving the children when the battles took place."

and I hope this works, because it's the first time I try to make a web slide show with conga bacground sounds... If you can't open the webpage, I'm going to put the photos on our "action photos" page tomorrow (no slide show).