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Below are some of the 500+ VIPs and celebrities who
have signed a petition in
support of Leonard Peltier (slide show provided by the International Peltier
Forum). Just click on the photo album to turn the page.
You can
see the complete list of VIPs at the International Peltier Forum
Web site.The following is a partial list of Leonard Peltier's supporters.
Nobel Laureates
Jose
Ramos Horta
The Dalai Lama
Mearaid Maguire
Nelson Mandela
The Late Mother Teresa
Rigoberta Menchu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Betty Williams
Scholars
Liz
Aaronsohn, Professor, Central Connecticut State University
Dennis Brutus, Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Yvonne Bushyhead, Professor, University of Minnesota
Kevin Cassidy, Professor of Political Science, Fairfield University
Robert H. Cataliotti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Coppin State College
Leonard L. Cavise, De Paul University, College of Law
Ward Churchill, Associate Professor of Communications and Coordinator of
American Indian Studies at the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in
America (CSERA),
University of Colorado at Boulder
Don Cooney, Professor of Social Work, Western Michigan University
Chuck Culhane, Professor of American Studies, University of Buffalo
Angela Davis, Professor, History of Consciousness, University of California,
Santa Cruz
Vincent Davis, Chair, United Federation of Teachers at School
Connie De La Vega, Professor, University of San Francisco
Peter Derrico, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Simon Harak, Professor of Religious Studies, Fairfield University
Lennox Hinds, Professor of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, served as Legal
Counsel to Nelson Mandela
Jacquelyn C. Miller, Associate Professor, Seattle University
Glen Morris, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at
Denver
Fred Morton, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Loras College
Joan Nagel, Professor of Sociology, Kansas University
Stuart B. Weeks, Founder/Director, The Center For American Studies at Concord
Martin Vala, Professor of Chemistry, University of Florida
Robert Venables, Professor of Native American Studies, Cornell University
Elsa Voelcker, Professor, Saint Anseim College, New Hampshire
Michael Yellow Bird, PhD, School of Social Work, Arizona State University
Legal
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Derek Gaffrey, Free Legal Aide Clinic, Inc., Detroit, Michigan
Gerald W. Heaney, Judge (Retired), Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
American Association of Jurists
Hastings Public Interest Law Foundation, University of California, College of
Law
International Law Students Association, Eugene, Oregon
Law Office of Abner Burret
Law Offices of Allan Ellis
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Lawyers Guild
Foreign Parliaments and Commissions
European Parliament
Belgium Parliament
Italian Parliament
Tony Benn, British MP
Bernard Birsinger, French MP
Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
Peter Mancini, House of Commons, Ottawa
MP Jack Ramsey, House of Commons, Ottawa
United
Nations
Kenneth Deer, Chair/Rapporteur of the U.N. Workshop on Indigenous Media
Dr. Miguel Alfonso Martinez, Chair of the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous
Populations
Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Literary Artists, Musicians and Celebrities
Sherman Alexie
The late Steve Allen
Ani Difranco
Michael Apted
Ed Asner
Jimmy Baca
Harry Belafonte
Jackson Browne
Barney Bush
Chumbawamba
Peter Coyote
The late
Vine Deloria
E.L. Doctorow
Chris Eyre
Jane Fonda
Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg
Indigo Girls
Kris Kristofferson
Peter Matthiessen
N. Scott Momaday, The Buffalo Trust
Shawn Mullens
Michael O'Keefe
Louis Owen
Bonnie Raitt
Rage Against the Machine
Robert Redford
Robbie Robertson
Winona Ryder
Carlos Santana
Steven Seagal
Pete Seger
Joanne Shenandoah
Gloria Steinem
Little Steven
Rose Styron
William Styron
Buffy St. Marie
Oliver Stone
John Trudell
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Tom Waits
Alice Walker
James Welch
Civil
Rights Leaders
Warren
Allmand, The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
Blase Bonpane, Director, Office of the Americas
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, President and Founder, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
The late
Coretta Scott King, The King Center
Martin
Luther King, III, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
William F. Muldrow, former Director (retired), Rocky Mountain Regional Office,
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt
Ted Ross, Texas Civil Rights Project
Jim Silk, Director, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
Roger Warham, International Association Against Torture and December 12th
Movement
Civil Rights Organizations
50
Years is Enough Campaign
Amnesty International
Center for Constitutional Rights
Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry
El Centro De La Raza
France Libertes
Government Accountability Project
Green Party USA
Human Rights Advocates
Human Rights Alliance
Human Rights Commission of Spain
Indigenous Women's Network
The Institute for Policy Studies
The International Federation of Human Rights
Office of Commission for Justice, Sisters of Saint Joseph Veterans for Peace
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section
Religious/Faith Community
Robert
Cantuar, former Archbishop of Canterbury
Dolores Skovich, Director of Religious Education, Amnesty International USA
Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network
James Matlack, Director, American Friends Service Committee
Ed Nakawatase, American Friends Service Committee
Gary Cozette, Director, Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
Very Rev. Joseph P. Cirou, Ecumenical Catholic Church
The Most Rev. Stephen D. Sinclair, Diocese Bishop, Ecumenical Catholic Church
Kathy Saile, Coordinator of Social Justice and Outreach Ministries, Franciscan
Renewal Center
Marie Dennis, Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Michael Yasutake, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Rev. Richard M. Rodgers, Deacon, St. Aelred Ecumenical Catholic Church
Rev. Samuel E. Mann, St. Mark's Church
Diane Donato, Trinity Episcopal Church
David D. Van Strein, Minister Emeritus, The Unitarian Church
Rev. Thom Whitewolf Fassett, former General Secretary, General Board of Church
and Society, United Methodist Church
Bro. Mark, The Franciscans, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Office
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
Episcopal Divinity School
Franciscan Renewal Center
National Association of Christians and Jews
Peace Initiatives Network, The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
Riverside Salem United Church of Christ
Sewanee, The University of the South, The School of Theology
Sisters of St. Joseph
Southern Christian Leadership, Conference of Greater Kansas City
First Parish Brester, Unitarian Universalist
United Methodist Church, Buffalo District, Niagara Frontier City Ministries,
Inc.
Washington Park United Church of Christ
Woodcrest Bruderhof
World Council of Churches
Native American and Tribal Leaders
Assembly of First Nations of Canada
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
Cherokee Nation
Chief Arvol Looking Horse
Coyote Valley Tribal Council
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Forest County Potawatomi Community
First Nations School Association
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.
Greenville Rancheria Tribal Council
Honor the Earth
Howonquet Indian Council of the Smith River Rancheria
Indian Treaty Council
Kaw Tribe of Oklahoma
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board
Lakota/Dakota/Nakota General Council
Los Coyotes Reservation
Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.
National Congress of American Indians
Navajo Nation
Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
Northem Arapaho Business Council
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Council
Prairie Island Indian Committee
Prairie Island Tribal Council
Puyallup Tribal Council
Rohnerville Rancheria Tribal Council
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
San Pasqual Band of Mission Tribal Council
Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Kent, Connecticut, Inc.
Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Tohono O'Odham Legislative Council
Tonkawa Tribal Council
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria
Upper Sioux Community
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Westbank First Nation
Winnebago Tribal Council
Unions and Associations
Brian McWilliarns, President, International Longshore
and Warehouse Union
National Association of Social Workers
National Union of Public and General Employees
United Food and Commercial Workers AFL-CIO
Native American Journalists Association
New York Mail Handlers Union
United
University Professions
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
The Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc.
Other
Hon.
Don Edwards, former Congressman and former FBI Agent
Mikail
Gorbachov, former President, USSR
Linda W. Kettlehut, Psychologist to Leonard Peltier
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Danielle Mitterand, former First Lady of France
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