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The Mt. Rushmore Problem

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 10, 2021

There's no way around it--Mt. Rushmore is a centerpiece of the culture wars. This place means so many different things to so many different people. When the monstrosity was created, it was part of an era where for whites at least, there was a shared...

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The Long Lakota War

By Erik Loomis

On January 18, 2021

Nick Estes has a typically good piece placing the resistance of Nick Tilsen and other Lakotas to Donald Trump's visit to Mt. Rushmore in the context of the long struggle.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 157

By Erik Loomis

On October 17, 2017

This is the mass grave for the victims of the 1890 genocidal massacre of the Lakota at Wounded Knee. I assume that everyone knows the story of Wounded Knee, but.

Americans You Should Know

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 11, 2015

Yesterday in 1909, the great Lakota leader Red Cloud died. He's someone you all might have heard of but probably don't know very much about. Heather Cox Richardson helps you fill that gap: In the summer of 1865, after winning a war to spread the...