Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful to his family and supporters as they welcomed him home to North Dakota, one day after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

Tuesday is a historic day in the Native American community after well-known Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier​ was released from a Florida prison to serve out his sentence at home in North Dakota.

Leonard Peltier, convicted in 1977 of killing two FBI agents, has maintained his innocence for nearly 50 years.