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🦄 Protest & Direct Action

Over 100 Protesters Block Road to Mt. Rushmore During July 4th Festivities

August 4, 2020July 4, 2021

Keystone, SD – [UPDATE July 4, 2021] In late March 2021, the 21 total arrestees from the July 3, 2020 protest had their charges dropped. Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO, maintained one felony charge, yet struck a deal to get it dropped if…

🦄 Protest & Direct Action

image: Indigenous people and activists gathered on the side of the road leading to Keystone, SD. The anti-Trump, anti-Mount Rushmore demonstrators hold protests signs such as "We already hate the four dummies, why did you bring a 5th?"

Indigenous Activists Assert Right to Unceded Land At Anti-Trump Protest

July 3, 2020July 29, 2020

Keystone, SD – Thousands of Trump supporters, as well as counter-protesters, are expected to converge today in a small town in South Dakota’s Black Hills for the Trump/Pence 2020 rally scheduled to take place this afternoon. Keystone is near Mount Rushmore, a monument to Presidents…

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