Can someone dig up and post the really interesting breakdown someone did of the history of the mountain the last time this got reposted here?
If I remember correctly, it talked about the fact that the area gained this image of being a pan-native American holy site in the wake of the rushmore carving itself, and that the area had been conquored by whichever Tribe held it before the US for about 70 years beforehand, with its identity and religious significance before that coming from the Tribe they conquored it from.
It was a really interesting deep dive into the often-overlooked pre-colonial relations, power dynamics, and nuances of native American life.
ohsureyoudo on November 25th, 2021 at 16:13 UTC »
Wait, getting some popcorn before this thread spirals out of control
i_fuckin_luv_it_mate on November 25th, 2021 at 16:28 UTC »
Feels like this post is going to end up like the flipping off Christopher Columbus statue post from Barcelona.
Corvid187 on November 25th, 2021 at 16:57 UTC »
Can someone dig up and post the really interesting breakdown someone did of the history of the mountain the last time this got reposted here?
If I remember correctly, it talked about the fact that the area gained this image of being a pan-native American holy site in the wake of the rushmore carving itself, and that the area had been conquored by whichever Tribe held it before the US for about 70 years beforehand, with its identity and religious significance before that coming from the Tribe they conquored it from.
It was a really interesting deep dive into the often-overlooked pre-colonial relations, power dynamics, and nuances of native American life.
Thanks!
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