The Native American history surrounding Mount Rushmore is most often overlooked.
, featuring Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.
"We don't tell our staff what to say" when it comes to sharing Rushmore’s history, she tells USA TODAY, and adds that she doesn't see a need to update programing in the wake of the nation's call for greater"I think we've always handled the story," she says."I don't think there's any change there."McGee-Ballinger says that there is a guide, Darrell Red Cloud, who tells the Native side of the story. He wasn't working when I visited.
Red Cloud presents twice a week. Typically, when there's no pandemic or construction underway, he's stationed in a space filled with teepees called the “Lakota, Nakota and Dakota Heritage Village.
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