Oglala Lakota poet & water protector Mark Tilsen

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Air date: 
Mon, 10/14/2019 - 9:00am to 10:00am
green and black book cover hand holding cigar before oil rig

 

Jan Haaken talks with Mark Tilsen, an Oglala Lakota poet educator from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and Water Protector on the front lines of fighting the oil pipelines. Tilsen reads from his recently published book of poetry, "It Aint Over Until We're Smoking Cigars on the Drill Pad." The book is available from him via facebook and on instagram (mtilsen).

 

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