{"id":138994,"date":"2025-04-29T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=138994"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:18:05","slug":"native-america-calling-mount-rushmores-troubled-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/04\/29\/native-america-calling-mount-rushmores-troubled-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Mount Rushmore\u2019s troubled history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, April 29, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Mount Rushmore\u2019s troubled history<\/div>\r\n This year marks 100 years since <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Rushmore\">Mount Rushmore<\/a> was dedicated as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/moru\/index.htm\">national monument<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe stone butte in South Dakota carved with the faces of four presidents has become a patriotic symbol. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)\">federal government\u2019s broken treaties<\/a> to take over the land is only the beginning of the famous monument\u2019s troubled history.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to  hear about Rushmore\u2019s connection to the Confederate South and the ongoing insult of honoring leaders who contributed to efforts to eliminate the sacred land\u2019s original inhabitants.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/08\/23\/rodney-bordeaux-the-truth-about-americas-genocide\/blackhillsndncollective\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"15217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/08\/23\/rodney-bordeaux-the-truth-about-americas-genocide\/blackhillsndncollective\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/blackhillsndncollective-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1593858944&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Black Hills Land Defenders\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Black Hills Land Defenders&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Land defenders protest the presence of then-president Donald Trump in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota in July 2020. Photo by Willi White, Courtesy of NDN Collective&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/blackhillsndncollective-scaled.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/blackhillsndncollective-1024x615.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/blackhillsndncollective-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Black Hills Land Defenders\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15217\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Land defenders protest the presence of then-president Donald Trump in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota in July 2020. Photo by Willi White, Courtesy of NDN Collective<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/nestes\">Nick Estes<\/a> (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe), assistant professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nChief Arvol Looking Horse (Lakota\/Dakota\/Nakota), 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewdaviswriter.com\/\">Matthew Davis<\/a>, author of forthcoming book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42yKUIo\">A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore<\/a>\u201d (<a href=https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250285102\/abiographyofamountain\/>St. Martin&#8217;s Press<\/a>)\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been 100 years since Mount Rushmore was dedicated as a national monument, on land promised to the Sioux Nation by treaty.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1,14],"tags":[4017,112,111,6369,243,133,6368,134,43,98,154,569],"class_list":["post-138994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","category-politics","tag-arvol-looking-horse","tag-black-hills","tag-books","tag-matthew-davis","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nick-estes","tag-radio","tag-sacred-sites","tag-south-dakota","tag-treaties","tag-wars","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/blackhillsndncollective-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-A9Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138994"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139001,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138994\/revisions\/139001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}