Friday, November 18, 2005

The Spirit of Crazy Horse Newsletter is back!!

The Spirit of Crazy Horse Newsletter is back!!

The official newsletter of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee is now online free for all to download. If you find the reading worthwhile and appreciate our efforts to keep it going please send your donations to LPDC, 2626 N. Mesa #132, El Paso, TX 79902. Any amount you want to send will be greatly appreciated. Supporters who do not have access to the internet can receive a copy of the newsletter for an annual fee of $15.00.(please send your newsletter mailing requests to info@leonardpeltier.org).

This first Volume has two issues to accommodate the many wonderful submissions by our friends and supporters. Issue 1 is now available at our website www.leonardpeltier.org. ( Please see Section NEWSROOM/Spirit of Crazy Horse November 2005) It contains: statements from Leonard, and Russ Redner; a Legal Team Update; a letter from supporter Jennifer Willison with her personal testimony on how prayers and support for Leonard get passed from generation to generation in our Native families; photo and short report on indigenous people’s day rally at the Canadian border; an article by Ron Peltier, Leonard’s brother and former LPDC Director; and the always insightful “View from Harvey’s Head” commentary by writer Harvey Arden.

Issue 2, available in Mid-December will feature an article on burning issues in “Indian Country” by Tamra Brennan of www.NDNnews.com, a comparative article between the native struggle in the US and the Basque struggle by Prof. Joseba Felix Tobar-Arbulu, and a poem by Oglala Lakota poet Luke Warm Water, among other eloquent pieces. The following Volumes will be released online in a quarterly basis.