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To: MarvinStinson
Earlier on Friday, dozens of protesters, most of them Native Americans, blocked a main road leading to Mount Rushmore. About 15 of them were arrested after refusing to heed police warnings to disperse. Demonstrators, holding signs that read “This Is Stolen Land” and “Protect SoDak’s First People,” said they were insulted by Trump’s decision to hold the celebratory event at the massive sculpture, which was erected in the Black Hills on land taken from the Lakota people.

Is this person insane? A mountain is not a sculpture and we certainly didn't "erect" the mountain.

13 posted on 07/04/2020 8:17:22 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Nobody owned that land when the settlers arrived. The indians were nomads. They’d stay in a place until they’d killed off all the game animals, and then move on. The settlers claimed a piece of land, put down roots, enclosed a spring or dug a well, built a home and barn, tilled the soil, grew crops, kept livestock. In civilized areas, improving of a parcel of land confers ownership. Wm. Penn gave settlers 50 acres. All they had to do was improve it with buildings, and work it.


52 posted on 07/04/2020 8:49:05 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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