Portrait
Ken Tilsen
6/20/1991 | 28m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
He's a civil rights attorney and was the legal director for the Wounded Knee defense...
He's a civil rights attorney and was the legal director for the Wounded Knee defense team. He says he feels connected to an American populace tradition with roots as deep as the land itself.
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Portrait
Ken Tilsen
6/20/1991 | 28m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
He's a civil rights attorney and was the legal director for the Wounded Knee defense team. He says he feels connected to an American populace tradition with roots as deep as the land itself.
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Clip: 6/20/1991 | 2m 43s | Tilsen's family immigrated to the U.S. from Russia and came looking for opportunity... (2m 43s)
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Clip: 6/20/1991 | 6m 47s | Tilsen was happy to own his own law firm and he began taking hundreds and hundreds of... (6m 47s)
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Clip: 6/20/1991 | 9m 1s | During his work for Wounded Knee defense, Tilsen felt emotional and a spiritual... (9m 1s)
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Clip: 6/20/1991 | 6m 45s | His participation in community organizations and being President of the U of M's... (6m 45s)
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Clip: 6/20/1991 | 2m 21s | Taking charge, Tilsen helped get 70 people released from jail in two days. This was... (2m 21s)
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