How the Mount Rushmore Was Built — And Why No One Talks About It
Автор: Built Different
Загружено: 2025-09-28
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Mount Rushmore appears to be America's patriotic monument to democracy, but it was carved into the Black Hills sacred to the Lakota people - land illegally seized through treaty violations that the U.S. Supreme Court later called "one of the most rancorous breaches of faith in our history."
The monument celebrates American freedom while standing on stolen Indigenous territory. The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty guaranteed the Black Hills to the Lakota "for as long as rivers flow," but gold discovery led to forced seizure in 1877. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who had white supremacist associations, spent 14 years carving presidential faces into the sacred mountain known as Six Grandfathers.
In 1980, the Supreme Court awarded the Lakota $106 million for the illegal land seizure - money that remains unclaimed because the tribes demand land return, not compensation. The award, now worth over $1 billion with interest, represents the longest-running legal battle in U.S. history and forces uncomfortable questions about how national symbols can embody both patriotic ideals and historical injustices.
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