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 this
Good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. We started with some breaking news overnight, maybe you felt it. A small earthquake rattled the south bay. It was a 3. 3 magnitude quake that rattled residents at about 1 30 this morning. It was centered outside of morgan hill. The usgs says people felt it as far away as orinda and pacific grove. No reports of damage. Now, cinthia, at first it struck me as interesting to see that they felt it as far away as orinda and the east bay, but its along a certain fault line. Its along the calveras fault and that starts around san ramon and it goes all the way down into san benito, and it sandwiches the San Andreas Fault and goes out to the coastline. Maybe thats why some people in the east bay did feel it. Minor quake, 3. 3, a depth of around four miles. The closer it is to the surface, the more that people can feel it. If you have felt any earthquake since, make sure to let us know on nbcbayarea. Com. Lets start out a
Over the rights of westerners who should have more local input the monuments were too big so they needed to be smaller. What was the decision for expanding the money men at the time. President clinton expanded one and president obama created the other. Both were created under the antiquity sack which is a centuriesold law that allows president s to unilaterally protect areas of cultural or scientific significance. Both president clinton and obama said these are areas that have cultural meaning for native american tribes who lived there. They have special scientific and archaeological qualities. So they created them as National Monuments. With the previous president s applied the antiquity sect, should they apply versus others . This is been used by both parties throughout history. President obama used at the most. He created the most National Monuments. President Teddy Roosevelt signed it into law. He was the first to use it. Will continue their conversation about this act yesterday. I