Lakota activist: Mount Rushmore
key in move to regain land
Posted By: NorthernDog, 3/24/2021 7:56:12 PM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — When then-President Donald Trump visited Mount Rushmore last year for a fireworks display, Lakota activist Nick Tilsen saw an opportunity to further a goal of returning to Native American tribes control of land they once held. It would land him in jail, facing felony charges after he organized a demonstration to block a road leading to the monument, but it also made Mount Rushmore a focal point for that effort, known as the Land Back Movement. Now Tilsen, who heads a Rapid City, South Dakota-based Indigenous advocacy organization called NDN Collective, has a plan to make dramatic
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blaming Boulder shooting on
'White man', blames 'alt-right Twitter' 19 replies
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If we are going to return lands to Indians, lets start with the land under New York City, Boston, and Washington DC.