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NDN Collective Releases Statement on Updates to Cases of Land Defenders Arrested at Mt. Rushmore

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NDN Collective Releases Statement on Updates to Cases of Land Defenders Arrested at Mt. Rushmore

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Last summer, 21 Indigenous people and allies, including Nick Tilsen, the president and CEO of NDN Collective, were met with force from the state police and arrested for protesting Trump’s rally at Mt. Rushmore. Though Trump and his group were violating multiple treaties with their presence, including one through the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Land Defenders faced multiple charges. Tilsen himself was facing a felony and up to 17 years in prison.

Today, NDN Collective announced that the charges for Tilsen and all other activists arrested on July 3 will be dropped. This announcement comes after months of political pressure from grassroots groups, including petitions, social media campaigns, and local and national media coverage of the cases.

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Native Business Magazine

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04/10/2021

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04/11/2021
06/12/2021

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03/23/2021

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This item was submitted on April 10, 2021 by Robin Keagle using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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