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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 ....
no justice! no peace! i actually believe that the best days of our people are in front of us and not behind us. it requires us to do something different than we have done, something different than what got us here. and landback is a huge part of the answer for the country. united shades of america is sponsored by ally. do it right. ....
Worth? how much can i give you for your grandma? oh, no amount? the lakota understand this. does that mean at the core of it, landback wants the whole country back? that s a big question. i m here to ask the big questions. on record, yes. yes, native people want all of our land back in this country. and the conclusion that people jump to that that s a bad thing is the wrong conclusion. so the person sitting in their house and they re hearing the landback, we want all the land back, and they re but i like my house. and i know it sounds like a ridiculous question, but people have those fears. landback is about justice and equity for all peoples. so the assumption that like we re coming for individuals property or lands, that they are expecting us to treat them the way that we have been treated is ironic. you colonize me, i colonize you. that s not what we re here for. i colonize your two-step. it s the same thing when you ....
The land. yes, yes. so when they violate treaties, they violate the very constitution which they swore an oath to. let s make something absolutely clear. when the united states signed hundreds of land treaties with sovereign indigenous nations and then broke all those treaties, the united states violated its own constitution hundreds of times. recently, the indian collective launched a landback campaign demanding that the united states government honor broken treaties and return mount rushmore to the management and stewardship of native peoples, like it was since time immemorial. so talk about what is the goal of the landback movement? i mean, it s simple. landback is about reclaiming indigenous lands and getting land back into indigenous hands, and to reclaim everything stolen from us when we were forcefully removed. a huge part of the landback movement has a strong premise around dismantling white supremacy, because all these systems that have been put in ....
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