Six Grandfathers aka "Mount Rushmore"
Lifetimes before South Dakota became a state, this earhly mound was known to the Lakota Sioux people as the Six Grandfathers, a sacred mountain surging from the Black Hills. The original caretakers of this land were forced out by the U.S. government and moved to specific areas they didn't see any use for; designated reservations with significantly less resources. Indigenous communities had to watch as their beautiful mountain was disfigured and repurposed to honor four white colonizers who enslaved people and continue to dismantle and oppress the original stewards of their home land. To honor only a handful of native heroes; Red Cloud, of the Oglala Lakota; Sitting Bull, of the Hunkpapa Lakota; Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce; and Geronimo, of the Chiricahua Apache, this piece celebrates the 500+ years of resilience and resistance of indigenous people by depicting important historical figures as a means to push back against the oppressors of our sacred lands while keeping in mind that truthfully, this mountain would've otherwise never been altered and instead preserved and adored for its natural beauty crafted by the Earth's hands.
Special edition print on 65lb cardstock paper.
Packaged in protective plastic sleeve and backboard or rolled up in a tube if larger.
Lifetimes before South Dakota became a state, this earhly mound was known to the Lakota Sioux people as the Six Grandfathers, a sacred mountain surging from the Black Hills. The original caretakers of this land were forced out by the U.S. government and moved to specific areas they didn't see any use for; designated reservations with significantly less resources. Indigenous communities had to watch as their beautiful mountain was disfigured and repurposed to honor four white colonizers who enslaved people and continue to dismantle and oppress the original stewards of their home land. To honor only a handful of native heroes; Red Cloud, of the Oglala Lakota; Sitting Bull, of the Hunkpapa Lakota; Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce; and Geronimo, of the Chiricahua Apache, this piece celebrates the 500+ years of resilience and resistance of indigenous people by depicting important historical figures as a means to push back against the oppressors of our sacred lands while keeping in mind that truthfully, this mountain would've otherwise never been altered and instead preserved and adored for its natural beauty crafted by the Earth's hands.
Special edition print on 65lb cardstock paper.
Packaged in protective plastic sleeve and backboard or rolled up in a tube if larger.
Lifetimes before South Dakota became a state, this earhly mound was known to the Lakota Sioux people as the Six Grandfathers, a sacred mountain surging from the Black Hills. The original caretakers of this land were forced out by the U.S. government and moved to specific areas they didn't see any use for; designated reservations with significantly less resources. Indigenous communities had to watch as their beautiful mountain was disfigured and repurposed to honor four white colonizers who enslaved people and continue to dismantle and oppress the original stewards of their home land. To honor only a handful of native heroes; Red Cloud, of the Oglala Lakota; Sitting Bull, of the Hunkpapa Lakota; Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce; and Geronimo, of the Chiricahua Apache, this piece celebrates the 500+ years of resilience and resistance of indigenous people by depicting important historical figures as a means to push back against the oppressors of our sacred lands while keeping in mind that truthfully, this mountain would've otherwise never been altered and instead preserved and adored for its natural beauty crafted by the Earth's hands.
Special edition print on 65lb cardstock paper.
Packaged in protective plastic sleeve and backboard or rolled up in a tube if larger.