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♪ ♪ for many americans, mount rushmore is one of the country's most patriotic and awe-inspiring symbols, like a giant apple pie wrapped in a kid rock t-shirt, yee-ha. but for others, it's a reminder that this country was intended to be whites only. as we talk about the removal of controversial monuments and statues, mount rushmore is a part of that. located in the black hills of western south dakota, it's become the epicenter in a battle over who are the rightful inhabitants and caretakers of the land currently known as the united states of america. i'm letting you go first bec...

>> no justice! >> no peace! >> i actually believe that the best days of our people are in front of us and not behind us. it requires us to do something different than we have done, something different than what got us here. and landback is a huge part of the answer for the country. "united shades of america" is sponsored by ally. do it right.

Worth? how much can i give you for your grandma? oh, no amount? the lakota understand this. does that mean at the core of it, landback wants the whole country back? >> that's a big question. >> i'm here to ask the big questions. >> on record, yes. yes, native people want all of our land back in this country. and the conclusion that people jump to that that's a bad thing is the wrong conclusion. >> so the person sitting in their house and they're hearing the landback, we want all the land back, and they're but i like my house. and i know it sounds like a ridiculous question, but people have tho...

The land. >> yes, yes. >> so when they violate treaties, they violate the very constitution which they swore an oath to. >> let's make something absolutely clear. when the united states signed hundreds of land treaties with sovereign indigenous nations and then broke all those treaties, the united states violated its own constitution hundreds of times. recently, the indian collective launched a landback campaign demanding that the united states government honor broken treaties and return mount rushmore to the management and stewardship of native peoples, like it was since time immemorial. so t...

Laguna, the first indigenous cabinet secretary in u.s. history announced a national missing and murdered unit to help solve cases of mmiw. landback doesn't just mean indigenous folks can take better care of their land, it also means they can take better care of their people. that's true sovereignty. >> when i was writing just the way you are, i didn't have the lyrics. tattoo studio gel pencil liner from maybelline new york. show up bold wherever you go. smudge-resistant. waterproof. up to 36-hour wear. tattoo studio gel pencil. maybelline new york. carvana's had a lot of firsts.