Message from Leonard Peltier - from the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

Dear Supporters:

I want to thank each and every one of you for your continued support,
prayers, letters and cards that I receive on a daily basis. You don't know
how good it feels to receive the letters and cards letting me know that I
have not been forgotten. A recurring question that many supporters ask me in
their letters is How Can I help? I can answer that question very simply,
Contact the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee either by phone, letters or
email and ask the LPDC how you can best help. I can guarantee you that they
will tell you that our needs our great and that we need everyone's help,
whether it be in the form of a donation, writing letters of support,
volunteering to work  on a special project,  or perhaps form a Leonard
Peltier Support Group in your area. The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee is
the center of communication between us. For those of you who have been with
me the last 30 years, I can simply say Thank You! For those of you who are
new to the struggle I also say Thank you and Welcome. Your support, thoughts
and prayers keep me strong.


I recently received a letter from the Oglala Commemoration providing me with
an update on the June 26 Oglala Commemoration that will be held in memory of
all the victims of the Reign of Terror. The Memorial Ceremony will be held
at the Cemetery followed by the Memorial Walk. I want to thank everyone for
their continuing efforts and work in organizing the yearly Oglala
Commemoration in memory of all the victims of the Reign of Terror.  I also
want to extend my congratulations to April Merrival.  April is the recipient
of the Leonard Peltier Honorary Scholarship Award for 2006. The Oglala
Commemoration presents a Leonard Peltier Honorary Scholarship Award on a
yearly basis

I look forward to the day that I am free among you! I also look forward to
hearing from you and from the LPDC that many of you have contacted them and
are working together towards my freedom. For now I leave you with the
following message: 

" Our  work will be unfinished until not one human being is hungry or
battered, not one single person is forced to die in war, not one innocent
languishes imprisoned and no one is persecuted for his or her beliefs." 
 
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
Leonard Peltier

From : The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

OGLALA COMMEMORATION AWARD- LEONARD PELTIER HONORARY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD  for
2006

Congratulations to April Merrival!  April is the recipient of the Leonard
Peltier Honorary Scholarship Award for 2006. The Oglala Commemoration
presents a Leonard Peltier Honorary Scholarship Award

on a yearly basis. April Merrival currently resides at Pine Ridge and is
actively seeking her educational degree in Early Childhood Education. April
is a single mother of 5, who after completing her GED

Certification decided to continue her education and purse an Associate
Degree. April is currently employed by the OST Head Start Program as a
Teacher's Aide and hopes to have her own classroom

someday in the near future!  April is committed to helping her community and
her own children in improving their life and also seek higher educational
opportunities. Congratulations April! 

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