The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.

There are two things that Donald Trump wants — a Nobel Peace Prize and to be carved into Mount Rushmore, the iconic site ...

As the U.S. and NFL reckon with their relationship to Native Americans, Mount Rushmore remains almost completely devoid of important history. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest ...

Betty Street, a cultural presenter at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, answers tourists' questions Aug. 17 about the Native American heritage village.

Native American groups are protesting President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore on Friday, and some are even calling for the removal of the national monument. Fifty years ...

Built on sacred Native American land and sculpted by a man with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, Mount Rushmore National Memorial was fraught with controversy even before it was completed 79 years ago on ...

Mount Rushmore was carved between 1927 and 1941, a feat that fused vision, ambition, and technical innovation. Gutzon Borglum, a sculptor with grand dreams, chose four American presidents ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump ‘s proposed National ...

Mount Rushmore towers over the Black Hills with faces of four American presidents, ... For many Native Americans, Mount Rushmore is not just history—it’s a living issue.

The history of Mount Rushmore is racist in its origins and remains a potent symbol of the nation's betrayal of indigenous people. Each year, 2 million tourists visit Mount Rushmore, the mountain ...

Trump’s plan for a National Statue Garden could get built on sacred Native land currently held by a wealthy South Dakota mining family.