URGENT ALERT TO SUPPORT STANDING DEER

An Internet bulletin issued on Feb. 4 says that Native political prisoner and elder Standing Deer Wilson has been placed in the hole at Huntsville Penitentiary in Texas and is being denied his medication. 

Standing Deer, now in his mid-70s, is a longtime activist for the rights of Native and all prisoners. When in Marion Federal Penitentiary 20 years ago, he was offered his freedom if he would take part in a federal government conspiracy to assassinate American Indian Move ment leader Leonard Peltier. Standing Deer refused and revealed the plot. 

What reason is being given for this current punishment of Standing Deer? He has been accused of writing a poem that authorities deem "terrorist." 

Standing Deer says he did not write the poem, which was published a few years ago in a book about political prisoners. The authorities could hardly come up with a more absurd pretext for increasing their repression against Standing Deer. 

People are encouraged to fax, call and send letters demanding that the harassment of Standing Deer be stopped immediately. 

You can contact 
Warden Figueroa, Huntsville, TX 77340, 
phone (409) 291-4200, fax (409) 295-5407; 
and 
Alan Pulansky, director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 
fax (210) 349-5468. 

Please send copies to Anna Standing Deer Wilson, 
P.O. Box 690, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. 

You can also write Standing Deer Wilson to express your support: 
 #640289, Ellis 1, Huntsville, TX 77343.