Tribal leaders call for the removal of Mount Rushmore monument
Tribal leaders of the Great Sioux Reserve of the Cheyenne River Harold Frazier have asked the United States government to remove the Mount Rushmore memorial.
The monument was built in 1941 by the sculptor Gutzom Borglum, member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Among the reasons for the destruction of the work: “There is no greater monument representing the colonial submission of the Native American peoples of Mount Rushmore”.
The monument was built in 1941 by the sculptor Gutzom Borglum, member of the Ku Klux Klan. On June 20, the governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, stressed the state’s position on monument conservation, saying, “The honored men on Mount Rushmore were not
On June 20, the governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, stressed the state’s position on monument conservation, saying, “The honored men on Mount Rushmore were not: “The men honoured on mount rushmore weren’t perfect. they all had flaws but they all had tremendous virtues as well. We can learn from their successes, and we can also learn from their mistakes.”
For now, one of the symbolic monuments of the United States remains where it was built, in the size of its lights and above all shadows.
