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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 because i m a gentleman. but really, it s because i m afraid. and these two have a lot to say about all of it. this is nick tilson of and krystal two bulls of the northern cheyenne and lakota. she is also a military veteran. we met at the entrance of mount rushmore park there with the ndn collective, an indigenous nonprofit fighting to get indigenous lands back into indigenous hands. our people ....
Treaty which designated for the absolute and undisturbed use of the great sioux nation, which encompasses dozens of tribes. this land, first of all is your land, it s indigenous land. colonizers come in. even after that, a treaty is negotiated that mount rushmore is treaty land. it s in those treaties that people don t get to come on these lands without first consulting us and having conversation and consent from us. but before the ink could dry, the united states violated the treaty, making the black hills a symbol for resistance and call to return stolen land. literally every single treaty that has ever been signed with native people has been violated in some way, shape or form. so all of them? all of them? all of them. you know, they call mount rushmore the shrine of democracy, when really it s the shrine of hypocrisy. because a lot of people don t know that article 6 of the u.s. constitution states that tr treaties are the supreme law of ....