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===Music=== * Free Salamander Exhibit released their first album, "Undestroyed," on December 13, 2016. Its title track, composed by [[Nils Frykdahl]], is a tribute to Peltier, and features lyrics drawn nearly verbatim from Peltier's book, ''Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webofmimicry.com/undestroyed.php |title=Free Salamander Exhibit – Undestroyed |website=webofmimicry}}</ref> * [[Little Steven]] released the song "Leonard Peltier" on his 1989 album ''[[Revolution (Little Steven album)|Revolution]]''. The song discusses Peltier's case and the struggle of the Native Americans. * [[Buffy Saint-Marie]] references Peltier in her 1992 track “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee “, from her album “Coincidence and Likely Stories”. [[The Indigo Girls]] covered the song on their 1995 live album ''1200 Curfews''. The song mentions Peltier, saying, "the bullets don't match the gun". * Sixteen Canadian artists contributed to ''Pine Ridge: An Open Letter to Allan Rock – Songs for Leonard Peltier'', a benefit CD released in 1996 by ''What Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/hi3/bluerodeo/discography.html |title=Blue Rodeo Discography. Retrieved 15 April 2011 |publisher=Angelfire.com |access-date=September 1, 2013}}</ref> * [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] reference Peltier, as well as the conflict at Pine Ridge and the Wounded Knee massacre, in their song "Crazy Life" on their album ''Coil'' (1997) * [[Anal Cunt]] released the song "Laughing While Lennard Peltier Gets Raped In Prison" as a part of their album ''[[It Just Gets Worse]]''. * [[U2]] recorded the song "Native Son" about Peltier. It was later reworked into their hit song "[[Vertigo (U2 song)|Vertigo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edge.ca/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307054113/http://www.edge.ca/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm |url-status=dead |title=Edge.ca |archive-date=March 7, 2008}}</ref> on their album, ''[[How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb]]'' (2004). Five years later, "Native Son" was released on their digital album ''[[Unreleased and Rare]]'' (2009). * "Bring Leonard Peltier Home in 2012" was a concert that took place at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The concert featured [[Pete Seeger]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Common (rapper)|Common]], [[Mos Def]], [[Michael Moore]], [[Danny Glover]], [[Rubin Carter|Rubin "Hurricane" Carter]], [[Bruce Cockburn]], Margo Thunderbird, Silent Bear, [[Bill Miller (musician)|Bill Miller]], etc. all standing up for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Flanary |first=Patrick |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jackson-browne-and-common-unite-to-bring-leonard-peltier-home-20121215 |title=Jackson Browne and Common Unite to Bring Leonard Peltier Home |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 30, 2013 |date=December 15, 2012}}</ref> * [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s 1994 "[[Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song)|Freedom]]" video clip shows footage of the case and ends with a picture of Peltier in prison and the phrase "justice has not been done".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4759 |title=Freedom by Rage Against the Machine Songfacts |website=Songfacts.com |access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vQt_v8Jmw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/H_vQt_v8Jmw |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Rage Against The Machine – Freedom |via=[[YouTube]] |date=March 26, 2011 |access-date=November 27, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * "Sacrifice" from ''[[Contact from the Underworld of Redboy]]'', the 1998 music recording by [[Robbie Robertson]] (formerly of [[the Band]]), features voice recordings of Peltier throughout the song, and surrounded with melody and vocals. The song ends with Peltier alone sayin, "I've gone too far now to start backing down. I don't give up. Not 'til my people are free will I give up and if I have to sacrifice some more, then I sacrifice some more." * French singer [[Renaud]] released a song called "Leonard's Song" in his 2006 album ''[[Rouge Sang]]''. It supports Peltier and Native American rights, comparing in its lyrics the foundation of America to conducting an equivalent of [[the Holocaust]] against the Native American people.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} * Alternative hip-hop trio [[The Goats]] mention Peltier several times on their 1992 debut album ''Tricks of the Shade'': in a track entitled "Leonard Peltier in a Cage", and in the song "Do the Digs Dug" (which also mentions activist [[Annie Mae Aquash]] – lyrics referencing them are "Leonard Peltier Leonard Peltier Who da hell is that, why the f*** should ya care? In jail, in jail, in jail like a dealer F*** George Bush says my T-shirt squeeler Please oh please set Leonard P. free Cause ya wiped out his race like an ant colony Whatcha afraid of, Annie Mae Aquash? Found her lying in the ditch with no place for a watch"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jimmyluxury.com/goatslyrics.html |title=Goats Lyrics |website=jimmyluxury.com |date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref>) *Political hip-hop duo [[Dead Prez]] reference Peltier in their song "I Have A Dream, Too" from their 2004 album ''[[RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta]]''. *In 2010, a hip-hop artists' compilation was released, [[2010 in hip hop music|''Free Leonard Peltier: Hip Hop's Contribution to the Freedom Campaign'']], including music from Mama Wisdom, Immortal Technique, Rakaa of Dilated Peoples, 2Mex, Dee Skee, T-Kash, Buggin Malone, The Dime, Eseibio, Bicasso & DJ Fresh. *Alternative hip-hop band [[Flobots]], known for criticizing US politics and calls for action, referenced Peltier in their song "Same Thing" from their 2007 debut album ''[[Fight With Tools]]''. The song mentions many people and topics, and the line that references Peltier also references [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]; it reads "Free Mumia and Leonard Peltier".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/Flobots-same-thing-lyrics |title=Flobots – Same Thing |website=genius.com |access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref> * [[Ryan Bingham]]'s song "Sunshine", is about Leonard Peltier.
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