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A site sacred to the Lakota was not only blown up, but it was designed by a member of the Ku Klux Klan in honor of presidents that all supported & perpetuated Indigenous genocide.
And folks wanna say calling Mt Rushmore racist is a bridge too far. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/trump-mount-rushmore-fourth-of-july-native-americans
And folks wanna say calling Mt Rushmore racist is a bridge too far. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/trump-mount-rushmore-fourth-of-july-native-americans
“Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho’ they differ in shape.” - George Washington
“If ever we are constrained to lift the hatchet against any tribe, we will never lay it down till that tribe is exterminated, or driven beyond the Mississippi… in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy them all.” - Thomas Jefferson
“I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every 10 are. And I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.”
- Roosevelt
- Roosevelt
“ I can only say that I can see no way in which your race is to become as numerous and prosperous as the white race except by living as they do.”
- Lincoln to tribal leaders
- Lincoln to tribal leaders
