"It's a day of victory for Leonard and those of us who have been involved in the struggle with him for 40 or 50 years," Mitch Walking Elk said. “I’m an AIM member and this is historic for us."

Peltier maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. He says he will spend the rest of his life fighting for Native American rights.

“For Leonard (Peltier) and those of us who have been involved in the struggle with him for at least 40 or 50 years.” Members of the American Indian Movement gather around Leonard Peltier on ...

The Turtle Mountain activist talks with a Cherokee journalist at The Associated Press in his first sit-down interview