Nick Tilsen

@NickTilsen

President & CEO of . Citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Defend - Develop - Decolonize these are my Wild Oglala thoughts

Oceti Sakowin Nation
Joined August 2020

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    15 Aug 2020

    Today my team at and I are honored and humbled to launch . We are building a movement to liberate our people and our lands. Join us in mobilizing for Indigenous self-determination across Turtle Island.

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  2. Retweeted

    California plan would give $100m to Indigenous leaders to buy ancestral lands & preserve them

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  3. Mar 16

    “The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.” - Meridel Le Sueur

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  4. Mar 11

    THE BLACK HILLS ARE NOT FOR SALE, NEVER WERE, NEVER WILL BE. THESE ARE THE UNCEEDED LANDS OF THE OCETI SAKOWIN

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  5. Mar 9

    Apply today! Radically Imagine what the future looks like when we are reclaiming our Lands, revitalizing our languages and rebuilding our communities. Together let’s define the future we are fighting for!

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  6. Mar 6

    “It wasn't really much of a convoy,… at least through Lakota Lands it wasn’t… enough said”

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  7. Feb 28
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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 25

    In an already volatile situation, rather than deepen diplomatic channels, we saw an increase in so-called “lethal aid,” in a Western effort to possibly draw out insurgency in an effort to prolong violence.

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  9. Feb 25

    Hau relatives, These are crazy emotional and unstable times. Check out this panel tomorrow breaking down what’s happening in Ukraine and Russia. It’s very important we understand the political and social context of what’s happening with this war. Wopila for this.

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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 22

    Cultural icon Snoop Dogg and Country Music Star Koe Wetzel are bringing their long-awaited concert collaboration to the Denny Sanford Premier Center.

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  11. Retweeted
    Feb 11

    Autumn Peltier - Activist & 2019 Winner of The International Children’s Peace Prize!

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    Feb 11
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    Feb 11

    Aaron Rodgers gets rewarded with MVP even after lying to the entire country. Colin Kaepernick will probably never play in the NFL again for speaking the truth.

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  14. Feb 9

    ⁩ Comes out in support of the Release of Leonard Peltier!! Wow big step here in the Black Hills Wopila ⁦⁩ for your honesty and integrity. It something we rarely see in the media on any Native struggle

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  15. Feb 9
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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 4
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  17. Retweeted
    Feb 4

    Dozens of Native American state legislators this week called on Biden to let Peltier go home, too. “Native Americans have not yet been included in any promise of federal justice reform. Your clemency towards Mr. Peltier would change that."

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  18. Retweeted
    Feb 4

    Sen. , chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, also recently called on Biden to release Peltier. “Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation," he wrote to Biden.

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  19. Retweeted
    Feb 4

    “He is exactly the kind of individual who should be considered for clemency," Leahy, the former longtime chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today about Leonard Peltier.

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  20. Retweeted
    Feb 4

    “Peltier, a prominent Native American activist, was imprisoned for crimes he and many other legal experts ... maintain he never committed." "His trial was so riddled with flaws that even one of the prosecutors trying him has acknowledged that Peltier was wrongfully convicted."

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  21. Feb 4

    Wopila for sending this message to the !! Honor Covid Release Protocols bring Leonard Peltier home now we will keep rising up thank you for this article We are getting closer!

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