Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore
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Location: Near the centre of North America, in the Black Hills of the American state of South Dakota.

 

The Black Hills are sacred to the Sioux. The American government in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie said the Sioux would have the mountains forever. Forever lasted eight years: whites discovered gold and the government broke the treaty. Whites made billions. In 1980 the government offered the Sioux $105 million. The Sioux say that as sacred land it is not for sale. The UN says that as sacred land Mount Rushmore should be returned.

 

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