nick tilsen and about 150 others loudly renewed that demand when the president held a rally at mounthmore last july. demonstrators blocked the road, drawing counter-protesters headed to the trump rally, and exacerbating long-simmering tensions between tribal and south dakota political leaders. 20 people were arrested, but only tilsen was char facing an array of misdemeanors and felonies including simple assault and robbery for taking a shield from a law enforcement office >> these are all just a bunch of lies.ep >>ter: emerging from three days in jail, tilsen flatly denied the charges and remained defiant.>> he work that i've committed my life to, of building indigenous power, it's an honor to be in this moment. >> reporter: prosecutors did not respond to our request for comment on the charges against tideen, who, at 38, is regar nationally as an emerging indigenous leader. his noprofit, n.d.n., raises millions in philanthropic funds and makes ants to indigenous groups and causes, from fighting mining and pipeline interests to starting businesses ian lands, and taking back the lands