- High school chair of National Committee to End the War in Vietnam
- Volunteer for SNCC
- Organizer of Anti-HUAC protests in St. Paul
- Arrested in Washington DC in anti-Vietnam war protest 1965
- W.E.B. Dubois Clubs of America
- Anti-draft protests and draft counseling
- Supporter of Morrell Hall occupation and trial
- Member of defense team for Minnesota 8
- Founder and organizer of Experimental College at University of Minnesota
- Early Co-op worker
- New American Movement
- Founder and manager of Haymarket Press
- Volunteer at Wounded Knee and eight year volunteer with Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee
- Court appointed investigator for Oglala Shootings
- Black Hills Alliance
- 1980 International Survival Gathering
- Founder Native American Solidarity Committee
- Owner Tilsen Fountain and Associates
- Owner Direct Expressions
- Founder and staff, Prairie Island Coalition against Nuclear Storage
- Fundraiser for many Pine Ridge reservation projects
- Part of many Farm Aid, and Earth Day stadium concerts
- Member of Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America
- Member of Minneapolis School Board 1984-1992
- Education Chair Minneapolis Initiative Against Racism
- Database design and build volunteer for several organizations
- IT volunteer Native American Natural Foods
- Father of three, grandfather of four
- Married for 44 years
- Writer for SouthSide Pride
- Litigant in State Supreme Court petition to stop the bond sales for the US Bank stadium due to illegal financing
- Organizations I was a major player in creating and bringing to success
- Alive and Trucking Theater
- Experimental College
- Haymarket Press
- Midwest Villages and Voices
- Tilsen Fountain and Associates
- Direct Expressions Inc.
- Native American Solidarity Committee
