Rushmore
While we’re taking down statues
Of confederate heroes
Consider the abomination carved
Into the sacred mountains
Of North Dakota
Think of them what you will
Slaveholders or emancipators
Conservationists or buffalo killers
Racists or liberators
The great white fathers
Do not belong in the Black Hills
Sacred ground to the Lakota nation
Crazy Horse belongs in the Black Hills *
Sitting Bull belongs in the Black Hills
Black Elk belongs in the Black Hills
Big Foot belongs in the Black Hills
Take down the defenders of slavery
Deglorify the traders of slaves
Break down the great white commanders
In the home of the free and the brave
Replace the symbols of white supremacy
With the defenders of equality
Replace the champions of treason
With the proud guardians of reason
We are what we deify
We are what our books embrace
When our history teaches lies
Our entire nation is disgraced
* (Crazy Horse Monument is just down
the road from Mount Rushmore; its
inscription reads: “My land is where
my people lie buried.”)
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