The battle for Mount Rushmore

The battle for Mount Rushmore: 'It should be turned into something ...

“A more ripe and rank case of dishonorable dealings will never, in all probability, be found in our history,” stated the court's majority ...

Native Americans and Mount Rushmore | American Experience - PBS

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux ...

Why Native Americans Have Protested Mount Rushmore | HISTORY

The following year, on June 6, 1971, a group of Native Americans, led by the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupied the carved Mount Rushmore ...

The battle for the Black Hills - High Country News

Nick Tilsen was arrested for protesting President Trump at Mount Rushmore. Now, his legal troubles are part of a legacy.

Native American group occupies Mount Rushmore to protest broken ...

A group of 23 Native American activists climbs to the top of Mount Rushmore. Renaming the landmark Crazy Horse Mountain, in honor of the Lakota Sioux leader.

South Dakota's Mount Rushmore has a strange, scandalous history

In the late 1800s, Euro-American settlers began pushing into the Black Hills, igniting a war with the indigenous population. The U.S. ...

The Six Grandfathers Before It Was Known as Mount Rushmore

The Great Sioux War intensified as the U.S. Army rounded up Indians forcing them to live on undesirable reservation lands. The Little Bighorn Battlefield [ ...

The fight for the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota takes ... - CNN

Rushmore, in Keystone, South Dakota, is carved into the Black Hills, which had been occupied by Lakota Sioux Natives. IFC Films. “Mount Rushmore ...

The dark history of Mount Rushmore - Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D ...

Uncover the hidden history of the building of Mount Rushmore, and how its creation destroyed sacred Native American land.

The Lakota Sioux Have Been In Court Battles Over the Ownership of ...

The Lakota Sioux Have Been In Court Battles Over the Ownership of Mt. · The 1870s: The Fight Over “Mount Rushmore” Started Long Before Mount ...

50 Years After Mount Rushmore Occupation, Native Americans Are ...

The controversy over Trump's rally puts a new spotlight on the decades-long fight by Native Americans to uphold the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty ...

Understanding Indigenous Perspectives on the Great Sioux War of ...

Recipient: American Battlefield Trust. Amount: $121,000.00. Following the discovery of gold in the Black Hills mountain range, prospectors ...

Reclaiming the Six Grandfathers - Atmos

The sun is setting along the indigenous Black Hills, commonly known as Mount Rushmore. ... struggle, particularly within the context of ...

History of Mount Rushmore | Britannica

Learn more about Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the history of its site.

Memorial History - Mount Rushmore ... - National Park Service

... Mount Rushmore dedication ceremony. ... This fact, along with the impending American involvement in World War II, led to the end of the work on ...

Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black ...

Native Americans renew decades-long push to reclaim ... - YouTube

President Trump's visit this year to Mt. Rushmore has drawn new attention to a decades-long battle between Native Americans and the federal ...

Nick Estes on X: "The battle for Mount Rushmore: 'It should be ...

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Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) - National Archives

This struggle over land has defined the relationship between the U.S. Government and Native tribes. From the 1860s through the 1870s ...

For some Native Americans, Mount Rushmore is a symbol of broken ...

Tribes in the area tried to fight them off, but they were also facing a threat of starvation as many of the bison herds in the area were ...