[Ppnews] Leonard Peltier Remembers Bob Robideau

[Political Prisoner News]

From: contact at whoisleonardpeltier.info

Greetings my relatives!

It is with a real deep sense of loss that I write this.  The loss of 
my brother in the struggle for Indigenous rights who was also my 
blood cousin and also a defendant in the Oglala shoot-out trials.  I 
am speaking of Robert Robideau, who we called Bob most of the 
time.  Bob was a tireless campaigner for my freedom and Indigenous 
rights all over the world.  I can't express enough how greatly his 
leaving this level of existence will be missed.

Bob and I grew up together.  We were involved in the 70's American 
Indian Movement together.  We were shot at together.  We were on the 
run together and over the 33 years of my imprisonment, Bob was a 
person I could count on for a lot of reasons.  We laughed together, 
quarreled with one another, praised one another and had strong 
disagreements at times.  Bob was the one person I could truly count 
on to tell me the straight of it, whether I liked it or not.  I 
didn't talk to Bob in person that often, as of late, but just the 
thought of knowing it will be a while before I talk with him again, 
causes a sense of missing him like never before.  He was sometimes my 
worst critic and sometimes my best support, but he was always my 
brother and I loved him dearly.  I wouldn't doubt that wherever he is 
at, he's organizing a support group of some sort.  If I thought there 
was anything that I could say that would bring him back to us, this 
statement would go on for as long as it took.  However, reality being 
what it is, I know Bob will appreciate our concerns for the loved 
ones he left behind and want us to go on and do the very best we can 
to make this a better and more free, more just world we live in and 
he would surely remind us that we are the guardians of the future and 
the keepers of today.

It is always difficult to address the loss of people you knew and 
cared about, but every once in awhile, there is a loss that is deeper 
than all the rest.  In this loss, there is often a loss of words.  It 
is a time when the shock of the situation is so close that you just 
don't know what to say.  One thing I can say for sure is that the 
loss of Bob Robideau is a loss to all.  And to Bob, I don't know how 
long I'll be here myself, but that doesn't matter.  I look forward to 
seeing you again my brother, some other time, some other place.  May 
the Creator be with you wherever you are and wherever you go.

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Bob Robideau, Steve Robideau, Joe 
Stuntz, Bobby Garcia, Roque Duenas, Nilak Butler, Anna Mae 
Aquash,  and all the others who gave of themselves for our People.

Mitakuye oyasin

Leonard Peltier



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