High in the Black Hills of South Dakota, colossal faces stare out across the ages—silent, majestic, and controversial. The ...

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.

Mount Rushmore, that was called the Six Grandfathers ... for his role in the birth of the United States as one of its Founding Fathers: he is also known as the “Father of the Nation”.