Leonard Peltier honored in historic wet plate photography session

Leonard Peltier (Ojibwe/Lakota), 80, recently participated in a wet plate photography session with Bismarck-based artist Shane Balkowitsch. Peltier, granted clemency by President Joe Biden, returned to Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in February after nearly 50 years of incarceration. The session, held at Sky Dance Casino & Resort, was facilitated by NDN Collective’s Holly Cook Macarro. One of the portraits, titled Clemency, was selected for the Library of Congress collection.