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dflprincess

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32. The Lakota are divided about the Crazy Horse monument

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 03:08 PM

Jul 2020

Some like it, some do not.

As Crazy Horse spent his life trying to protect his people many do not think he would approve of the sculpture being carved into sacred land. Also, he never allowed his picture to be taken so no one knows what he looked like and so no one knows who is being carved into the mountain.

There are Lakota elders who think Crazy Horse's spirit will not let the monument be finished and, given that it was started in 1948 and is no where near complete, they may be right.

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Who should be next on Mt. Rushmore? [View all] Cattledog Jul 2020 OP

I think we should leave it up to the locals with what to do with the mountain JonLP24 Jul 2020 #1

None of the above. Shave it down to bare rock leftieNanner Jul 2020 #2

+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6

Agree Nt spooky3 Jul 2020 #15

This. CrispyQ Jul 2020 #18

my thoughts have evolved to this position as well RT Atlanta Jul 2020 #19

There you go. dchill Jul 2020 #20

Yes. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #21

*This* essme Jul 2020 #24

+1000 Newest Reality Jul 2020 #29

+10000000 nt csziggy Jul 2020 #33

Can't get on board with that... lame54 Jul 2020 #34

Yeah. Maybe not the shaving down part leftieNanner Jul 2020 #35

I am curious genxlib Jul 2020 #42

Although I lived near there and heard of the monument... lame54 Jul 2020 #44

I confess my family took me there when I was a kid genxlib Jul 2020 #45

I hate these comparisons to the Taliban JonLP24 Jul 2020 #48

What are they going to build in South Dakota?... lame54 Jul 2020 #50

I wouldn't do anything to it JonLP24 Jul 2020 #51

The Black Hills area of South Dakota is one of the most beautiful places I've seen HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #56

+1 mantis49 Jul 2020 #37

Indeed. And with a big apology. To people, to the earth. jeffreyi Jul 2020 #41

Exactly, thanks. txwhitedove Jul 2020 #47

Ding ding ding! Mossfern Jul 2020 #49

+1 GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #52

this Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #55

I would not be in favor of desecrating that site any more than PaulRevere08 Jul 2020 #3

No one. diddlysquat Jul 2020 #4

No one. llmart Jul 2020 #5

No-one Spider Jerusalem Jul 2020 #7

Nobody. They've already studied it and determined The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #8

That's very interesting info. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #13

How about we just leave it alone? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #9

plus 1000 JenniferJuniper Jul 2020 #11

I concur! Greywing Jul 2020 #61

Red Cloud. dflprincess Jul 2020 #10

Have you gone the 17 miles to see Crazy Horse? MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #27

The Lakota are divided about the Crazy Horse monument dflprincess Jul 2020 #32

Interesting - thank you! MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #43

Nobody. Give The Six Grandfathers back to the Indigenous peoples. niyad Jul 2020 #12

+2 (one for each point made) flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #17

Uh-Oh.... quickesst Jul 2020 #40

I have several very annoying features on this machine, including a very weird spellcheck, niyad Jul 2020 #60

I have to be careful.... quickesst Jul 2020 #65

Nobody Siwsan Jul 2020 #14

No one. It is not ours to decide anyway. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #16

No one. There's no place to put another face due to unstable rock formations Budi Jul 2020 #22

We should try to return it to it's natural beauty. PTWB Jul 2020 #23

Let it revert back to nature gollygee Jul 2020 #25

Stop vandalizing sacred Native lands NightWatcher Jul 2020 #26

Father Guido Sarducci. The Wizard Jul 2020 #28

"finda the Popa inna the pizza." leftieNanner Jul 2020 #30

Nobody...tear the whole monstrosity down greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #31

The Six Grandfathers Mt. Is sacred to the Oglala Lakota Sioux. We have no more right to niyad Jul 2020 #62

No one. Caliman73 Jul 2020 #36

Just leave as is bdamomma Jul 2020 #38

Never again alphafemale Jul 2020 #39

There is no 'next' on Mt. Rushmore. It's not the National Portrait Gallery. Aristus Jul 2020 #46

The thing should be blown up. Tom Traubert Jul 2020 #53

Welcome to DU. How do you figure that blowing up a sacred mountain will return it to niyad Jul 2020 #63

I'm not a demolition or restoration expert. Tom Traubert Jul 2020 #66

Funny. Your post started with Blow it up". niyad Jul 2020 #67

Wouldn't you agree that . . . Tom Traubert Jul 2020 #69

Give it back to the Native Americans. That monument is on stolen land. backscatter712 Jul 2020 #54

Cary Grant First Speaker Jul 2020 #57

The monument encroaches on tribal land in violation of treaties Jersey Devil Jul 2020 #58

Rock. hunter Jul 2020 #59

No one misanthrope Jul 2020 #64

Yeah what many have said, stolen land. Give it back. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #68