The battle for Mount Rushmore: ‘It should be turned into something like the Holocaust Museum’
The national memorial draws nearly 3 million visitors a year – and Native Americans want the site back with a focus on oppression
Mount Rushmore national memorial draws nearly 3 million visitors a year to its remote location in South Dakota. They travel from all corners of the globe just to lay their eyes on what the National Park Service calls America’s “shrine of democracy”.
Phil Two Eagle is not opposed to the fact that the giant sculpture of American presidents is a major tourist attraction but he thinks the park should have a different focus: oppression.
