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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Fri Jul 3, 2020, 11:32 PM Jul 2020

Friendly reminder -- Mt. Rushmore is located in the Black Hills, a holy site of the Lakota Sioux

Friendly reminder — Mt. Rushmore is located in the Black Hills, a holy site of the Lakota Sioux.

We signed a deal granting the Sioux that land forever but backtracked *within 2 years* once gold was discovered.

And then we carved the white faces of Presidents into the hillside.

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Friendly reminder -- Mt. Rushmore is located in the Black Hills, a holy site of the Lakota Sioux (Original Post) DesertRat Jul 2020 OP

And then we carved the white faces of Presidents into the hillside of their holy mountain, cayugafalls Jul 2020 #1

cayugafalls

(5,641 posts)

1. And then we carved the white faces of Presidents into the hillside of their holy mountain,