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Spiritual Feeling

Clip: 6/20/1991 | 9m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

During his work for Wounded Knee defense, Tilsen felt emotional and a spiritual...

During his work for Wounded Knee defense, Tilsen felt emotional and a spiritual connection with his clients. Seeing the great injustice, he felt a strong connection to what it would have been like as a settler. They are not lesser human beings and they were not during settlement. He compares this to the Israeli settlement of the lands of the Palestine people.

06/20/1991

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His Families Beliefs

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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)

Proud of His Work

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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)

Student Activist

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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)

Wounded Knee

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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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