Editing Leonard Peltier (section)

===Introduction and Preface===
Chief [[Arvol Looking Horse]] and former Attorney Clark [[Ramsey Clark]] contributed the introduction and preface, respectively, to ''My Life is My Sun Dance''. Chief Looking Horse is a spiritual leader and an activist, who notably was involved in recent protest against the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests|Dakota Access Pipeline]]. Clark has provided legal counsel to Peltier in relation to his appeals for clemency.

In his introduction, Chief Looking Horse emphasizes Peltier's suffering and role of a Sun Dancer- "...(Peltier) offered himself to Wakan Tanka so that the People might have peace and happiness once again" (pg. ix). Looking Horse also makes a call for the freedom of Peltier, that his freedom mirrors the return of Indigenous land, and that action must be made to ensure these things occur.

Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark notes in his preface that Peltier's struggle is representative of human rights and Indigenous rights as a whole, and he is known the whole world over yet seemingly hidden from Americans. He makes a case for Peltier's innocence at [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation|Pine Ridge]], and mentions the repeating of history that has occurred since [[Wounded Knee Occupation|Wounded Knee]] in 1973. Clark praises the efforts of the [[American Indian Movement]] taking initiative to protect their people, and berates the FBI and American judicial system on their willful ignorance of Peltier's case of innocence (pg. xxi).

In both the preface and introduction, these figureheads—one who champions Indigenous peoples’ rights, and the other who has worked extensively within the American judicial system—both call for the release of Peltier.