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Native America Calling: Mount Rushmore’s troubled history
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Mount Rushmore’s troubled history
This year marks 100 years since Mount Rushmore was dedicated as a national monument.
The stone butte in South Dakota carved with the faces of four presidents has become a patriotic symbol. But the federal government’s broken treaties to take over the land is only the beginning of the famous monument’s troubled history.
Join Native America Calling to hear about Rushmore’s connection to the Confederate South and the ongoing insult of honoring leaders who contributed to efforts to eliminate the sacred land’s original inhabitants.
Guests on Native America Calling
Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe), assistant professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota
Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Lakota/Dakota/Nakota), 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe
Matthew Davis, author of forthcoming book “A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore” (St. Martin’s Press)
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