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FILE - American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., April 29, 1999. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

FILE - American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., April 29, 1999. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

Senator Richard Marcellais, D-Belcourt, former chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, welcomed the news of a commutation for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80, in the Senate chamber in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

Senator Richard Marcellais, D-Belcourt, former chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, welcomed the news of a commutation for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80, in the Senate chamber in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

FILE - Marchers carry a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 22, 2001. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE - Marchers carry a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 22, 2001. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump walk out to the presidential limousine, as they depart the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, enroute to the Capitol. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump walk out to the presidential limousine, as they depart the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, enroute to the Capitol. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)