# @indigenous.tv on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO6WxvaD8fT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34778901-indigenoustv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ef4c91d176.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-22T16:49:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** INDIGENOUSTV (@indigenous.tv) — https://gondola.cc/indigenous.tv

## Caption

Leonard Peltier speaks in his first extended interview since his release to home confinement earlier this year. ⛓️💥

After nearly 50 years behind bars, the 81-year-old Indigenous activist sat down with democracynow to reflect on his life — from surviving boarding school and prison walls, to resisting with the American Indian Movement, and his ongoing commitment to sovereignty and culture.

“I refuse to bow down to them. I’m gonna die with my beliefs.”

Peltier says rejecting plea deals wasn’t just about himself. Accepting one, he says, would have been “treason against my nation, my people.” 🗣️

Watch the full conversation on democracynow. 📺

Would you have made the same choice?! Drop your thoughts below! 💭⤵️

(via democracynow)

#LeonardPeltier #AIM
#DemocracyNow

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