South Dakota officials are pushing for establishing Donald Trump suggested the National Garden of the American Heroes In the black hills, near Mount Rushmore, a move that caved significant opposition to indigenous groups that consider the area to the Holy.
The mining company was offered to donate 40 hectares less than a mile from the iconic bracket, where the colossal sculptures are four prominent presidents engraved in Granite.
The Republic Governor Larry Rhoden expressed strong project support, writing to Trumps: “Black hills indicate the perfect location to achieve your vision for the National Garden of American Heroes.”
He added, “Together, this project will happen in a way to pay homage to American heroes, exploit the natural beauty of the South Dakota and includes the most iconic monument to our largest leaders: Mount Rushmore National Memorial.”
Black hills have long been remembered in disputes between the south Dakota and its indigenous tribes.
Fort Laramie contract from 1868. formally recognized the black hills as belonging to people. However, less than a decade later, the US government took the land for gold mining.
Decision of the 1980 Supreme Court was confirmed that the United States had violated the contract, but the tribes rejected the bid of 1.3 billion dollars, making, making its true tort.
Indigenous Groups also oppose drilling project
The Mining Company, Pete Lien & Sons, also had conflicts with indigenous groups in the area, and recently because of the research project for graphite drilling near the Holy Lakot page PE ‘SLA. The company also works with Theme Park Designer Storyland Studios to build attractions on black hills that oppose some indigenous groups.
“It is absurd for Storyland Studios and Gov. Rhoden to care about preserving history while watching Lien & Sons,” SLA, “said Taylor Gunhammer, organizer with indigenous groups advocacy of NDN collective.
“They are those who delete and paving history, not keeping her.”
Rhoden’s secretary, Josie deals, written in a statement that the garden “will not have disorders or in state or tribal land”, because the tractor of the country is owned by Chuck Lien, the owner and sons and sons and his families.
Pete Lien & sons did not respond to multiple comment requests.
Trump Garden will have 250 statues of historical personalities
Trump was in 2025. signed the executive order for the construction of the garden, in order to have 250 states of historical leather literacy figures in honor of 250. birthdays in the country.
The US house has approved $ 40 million for the project, which oversees the Department for the Internal Program and the National Envelope for Humanities. The Senate has not yet approved funding.
Trump announced for the first time in his first term at 3. July 2020, the speech at Mount Rushmore at once during the launch of black life, when some protesters crashed the statue and others.
“Angry mobs try to demolish the statues of our founder, the deficit of our most tallest monuments and relieve a wave of violent crime in our cities,” Trump said in that speech. “But not, the American people are strong and proud, and they will not allow our country and all its values, history and culture, to take them out of them.”
In the Executive Order of 2021, Trump invited the statues that show a number of prominent personalities, from Laki Amelia Earhart, Muhammad Alia and Steve Jobs to Controversous as Christopher Columbus and President Andrew Jackson. However, no site has been selected, and the garden has never funded Congress.
The interior department stated that the revived garden project is still in the “phase of planning and discussion” and refused to say which site was thinking about it.
It is unclear whether some other countries want to host garden statues.
As a governor, Noem offered land for garden
When the Secretary of Having Security Kristi Calls Is the state governor, offered a mining company 40 hectares of land on the black hills. Her successor, Rhoden, doubled on that offer in his letter, emphasizing that the place will be “in the Vista Mount Rushmore”.
South Dakota Republican American tail. Dusty Johnson also wrote a letter to Trumps and said that “would continue to advocate for this iconic landmark to make his home in the black hills” in place on the Social Media in place.
Darren Thompson, director of media relations for indigenous non-profit component defense fund, called on more discussions with indigenous groups on the black hills.
“It’s very touching and sensitive hard for which I think it requires the entries of local indigenous people who have a land claim and cultural relationships in the country,” Thompson said.