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I Stood Up for Indigenous Rights at Mount Rushmore. Now I'm Facing 17 Years

Title (Dublin Core)

I Stood Up for Indigenous Rights at Mount Rushmore. Now I'm Facing 17 Years

Description (Dublin Core)

On July 4th 2020, United States President Donald Trump held a controversial political rally at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. The rally was controversial for a number of reasons, the first being that during the height of the covid-19 pandemic – social distancing and mask-wearing policies were not enforced during the rally. The political rally was also held on sacred Indigenous land and what was once part of the Lakota Sioux territory. To many Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike, this action felt like a slap in the face to Indigenous communicates who are facing disproportionate affects from the covid-19 pandemic. This opinion piece is written by Oglala Lakota citizen, and president and CEO of the NDN Collective, Nick Tilsen who is facing felony charges and up-to-17 years in prison for exercising his first amendment right to protest on the day of the rally.
HST 580

Date (Dublin Core)

August 21, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Nick Tilsen

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Sarah Peterson

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Opinion article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.newsweek.com/i-stood-indigenous-rights-mount-rushmore-now-im-facing-17-years-opinion-1526763
https://web.archive.org/web/20200905211716/https://www.newsweek.com/i-stood-indigenous-rights-mount-rushmore-now-im-facing-17-years-opinion-1526763

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Newsweek

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government Federal
English Social Issues
English Protest
English Race & Ethnicity
English Politics

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

pepper spray
Mount Rushmore
Oglala
Lakota
felony
rally
First Amendment
Indigenous
President Donald Trump

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

socialjustice, mount rushmore, Oglala, Lakota, protest, felony, Donald trump, rally, covid-19, first amendment, disproportionate, sovereignty, Indigenous, land back
social justice
Mount Rushmore
Oglala
Lakota
protest
felony
Donald Trump
rally
Covid-19
First Amendment
disproportionate
sovereignty
Indigenous
land back

Collection (Dublin Core)

Social Justice
Indigenous POV

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/30/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

09/5/2020
08/02/2022
09/23/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

08/21/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Indigenous Stories
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on August 30, 2020 by Sarah Peterson using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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