Man, that barely scratches the surface of how imbecilic these sorts of flowery Native American claims to the Black Hills (including Rushmore) are if you do even a little bit of research into the history of the region. The US has actually controlled the Black Hills longer than the Lakota - 132 years as of this year - since they first conquered it from the Cheyenne in 1776, and lost it fully to the Americans in 1889 (113 years).
Suffice to say, the Lakota aren't some autochthons to whom the Black Hills rightfully belonged then, now and forevermore on the grounds that it is the sacred land to which they are 'native'. The Americans conquered that particular stretch of hills & mountains as fairly as the Lakota did from their own predecessors, and any sane administration would if anything be more in-the-right than Andrew Jackson was to tell any court which ruled otherwise 'fuck off, go try to enforce your bullshit ruling yourself if you dare'.
Man, that barely scratches the surface of how imbecilic these sorts of flowery Native American claims to the Black Hills (including Rushmore) are if you do even a little bit of research into the history of the region. The US has actually controlled the Black Hills longer than the Lakota - 132 years as of this year - since they first conquered it from the Cheyenne in 1776, and lost it fully to the Americans in 1889 (113 years).
Suffice to say, the Lakota aren't some autochthons to whom the Black Hills rightfully belonged then, now and forevermore on the grounds that it is the sacred land to which they are 'native'. The Americans conquered that particular stretch of hills & mountains as fairly as the Lakota did from their own predecessors, and any sane administration would if anything be more in-the-right than Andrew Jackson was to tell any court which ruled otherwise 'fuck off, go try to enforce your bullshit ruling yourself if you dare'.