Opinion | Mount Rushmore's land was stolen from my people. Trump's rubbing my nose in it.

Opinion | Nick Tilsen: President Trump's Mount Rushmore fireworks show is a Fourth of July attack on Indigenous people. - NBCNewsTHINK

Colonialism and racism are alive and well in America. Indigenous people are still facing inequities in accessing education, health care and economic opportunities. We are confronting extractive industries and corporations that only want to further take from us.

We've been removed from our homes, and now some of the most impoverished places in the U.S. are Indigenous places of struggle and residence. Our lives have been stolen from us; our lands are occupied by colonizers. We've been removed from our homes, and now some of the most impoverished places in the U.S. are Indigenous places of struggle and residence.

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