
JULY 10, 2020
NICK TILSEN STATEMENT UPON RELEASE FROM ARREST: “WE HAVE TO ACT IN COURAGE AND IN BRAVERY.”
NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen was among 20 Land Defenders arrested while protesting Trump's visit to Mount Rushmore. After being detained for three days, he shared this statement.
On Monday, July 6, NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen was released from Pennington County Jail in Rapid City after being arrested during a protest on July 3 in the Black Hills and detained over the Fourth of July weekend. This, after protesting President Donald Trump’s visit to Mount Rushmore in Ȟesápa, the sacred Black Hills, along with nearly 200 other Land Defenders. Twenty of them were arrested and now face criminal charges.
In the lead up to Trump’s visit, NDN Collective called for the closure of Mount Rushmore as a national monument and for the Black Hills to be returned to Lakota people.
THIS IS THE STATEMENT THAT NICK GAVE AT THE NDN COLLECTIVE HEADQUARTERS UPON HIS RELEASE FROM PENNINGTON COUNTY JAIL.
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NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen was among 20 Land Defenders arrested while protesting Trump's visit to Mount Rushmore. After being detained for three days, he shared this statement.
On Monday, July 6, NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen was released from Pennington County Jail in Rapid City after being arrested during a protest on July 3 in the Black Hills and detained over the Fourth of July weekend. This, after protesting President Donald Trump’s visit to Mount Rushmore in Ȟesápa, the sacred Black Hills, along with nearly 200 other Land Defenders. Twenty of them were arrested and now face criminal charges.
In the lead up to Trump’s visit, NDN Collective called for the closure of Mount Rushmore as a national monument and for the Black Hills to be returned to Lakota people.
THIS IS THE STATEMENT THAT NICK GAVE AT THE NDN COLLECTIVE HEADQUARTERS UPON HIS RELEASE FROM PENNINGTON COUNTY JAIL.
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