Originally, Mount Rushmore was supposed to depict heroes of the Wild West. In the end, the sculptor settled for four American ...

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle ... The history of Wounded Knee would spur American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) activists to occupy the site in 1973. They demanded the ...

It's been 100 years since Mount Rushmore was dedicated as a national monument, on land promised to the Sioux Nation by treaty.

Quite a lot, as it happens—including a seismic cultural shift traceable to the appointment, in 2004, of Gerard Baker, Mount Rushmore’s first American Indian superintendent. Baker, 52 ...

Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, Crazy Horse Memorial and cowboy culture are some of what South Dakota is known for.

Each year, two million visitors walk or roll from the entrance of Mount Rushmore National Memorial ... “I would not trust an Indian, off-hand, 9 out of 10, where I would not trust a white ...