Trump's controversial statue garden ignites opposition from Indigenous groups

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South Dakota officials are pushing to establish Donald Trump's proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills, near Mount Rushmore, a move that has ignited significant opposition from Indigenous groups who consider the area sacred.

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The Black Hills have long been a flashpoint in disputes between South Dakota and its Indigenous tribes.

The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie formally recognised the Black Hills as belonging to the Sioux people. Yet, less than a decade later, the US government seized the land for gold mining.

A 1980 Supreme Court decision affirmed that the US had violated the treaty, but the tribes rejected a $1.3bn compensation offer, steadfastly maintaining their ancestral rights to the land.

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