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Mt. Rushmore - a monument to genocide built on stolen Lakota land in the Black Hills known as the "Six Grandfathers" - was re-occupied by Indigenous activists in 1970. https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/this-date-in-native-history-natives-occupy-mount-rushmore-SWyCWNkrjk2nkStAd5nBSQ
The 4 u.s. warlords carved in the mountain are each honored in bronze in Portland, OR:
The 4 u.s. warlords carved in the mountain are each honored in bronze in Portland, OR:
This thread includes information from Nick Estes' Our History Is The Future, which I recommend: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2953-our-history-is-the-future
George washington (formerly located on NE Sandy & 57th) was called the "Town Destroyer" by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy for his bloodthirsty ruthlessness.
Thomas jefferson (formerly located at the NE high school which still bears his name) charted the lewis & clark expedition in search of new land to conquer, an expansionist, unsatiable hunger for land (which of course meant the extermination and removal of Native people)
Abraham lincoln (located in the South Park Blocks near Director Park) ordered the largest mass execution in u.s. history, killing 38 Dakota warriors, and ordered the Long Walk, a genocidal forced migration of the Diné peoples over hundreds of kilometers in the southwest.
Theodore roosevelt (located in the South Park Blocks near the art museum) stole millions of acres of land for "national parks" and other "public lands," disregarding legal treaties with the sovereign Indigenous nations.
Roosevelt is further quoted as saying: "I donât go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and I shouldnât like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth."
For all those who clutch their (stolen) pearls, exclaiming "but this is history!" - the so-called united states is a house of ill-gotten cards upon stolen land.
Knock down the house and give the land back.
Knock down the house and give the land back.
