{"id":1945014,"date":"2023-06-06T08:13:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-donated-funds-to-group-calling-to-close-mount-rushmore-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:15:37","slug":"target-donated-funds-to-group-calling-to-close-mount-rushmore-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-donated-funds-to-group-calling-to-close-mount-rushmore-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Target gave money to group wanting to close Mount Rushmore: Report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftarget-donated-funds-to-group-calling-to-close-mount-rushmore-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1945014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Target Donates Funds to Group Calling for Mount Rushmore Shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>Target has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-to-stop-this-farce-rand-paul-to-introduce-bill-lifting-federal-airplane-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"\u2018Time To Stop This Farce\u2019: Rand Paul To Introduce Bill Lifting Federal Airplane Mask Mandate\">donated funds<\/a> to the NDN Collective, a South Dakota-based nonprofit that has called for the closure of Mount Rushmore, citing it as an \u201cinternational symbol of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attack-ad-from-left-wing-activists-allowed-to-trend-on-twitter-inciting-violence-against-conservatives-the-liberty-loft\/\" title=\"Attack Ad From Left-Wing Activists Allowed to Trend On Twitter Inciting Violence Against Conservatives\">white supremacy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNot only does Mount Rushmore sit in the heart of the sacred Black Hills, but it is an international symbol of White Supremacy and colonization,\u201d NDN stated. \u201cTo truly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-lamont-hill-says-that-black-lives-matter-explicitly-looking-to-dismantle-israel-and-embrace-bds-movement\/\" title=\"Marc Lamont Hill Says That Black Lives Matter \u2018Explicitly\u2019 Looking To \u2018Dismantle\u2019 Israel and \u2018Embrace\u2019 BDS Movement\">dismantle white supremacy<\/a> and systems of oppression, we have to go back to the roots. Which, for us, is putting Indigenous Lands back in Indigenous hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen has also stated that Mount Rushmore upholds and maintains white supremacy on Indigenous lands.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMount Rushmore is an international symbol of white supremacy, and as people across America rightfully pull down statues of white supremacy, we have to look long and hard at how this national monument in the Black Hills upholds and maintains white supremacy on Indigenous lands,\u201d Tilsen stated in a press release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>NDN Collective\u2019s \u201cLandback\u201d Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>NDN Collective\u2019s \u201cLandback\u201d campaign aims to return public lands in the Black Hills to Indigenous people. The campaign has also declared, \u201cFrom the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free,\u201d a mantra used by terrorist organizations that hate Israel to describe the elimination of the Jews in Israel.<\/p>\n<h3>The U.S. Military and Police<\/h3>\n<p>NDN Collective has also criticized the U.S. military and police, stating that their origins are rooted in the establishment of informal militias composed of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/target-donated-funds-to-group-calling-to-close-mount-rushmore-report\/\" title=\"Target gave money to group wanting to close Mount Rushmore: Report.\">newly arrived settlers<\/a> looking to make money and own land. The purpose of these militias was not to protect citizens, but to clear the land of as many Natives as possible by killing indiscriminately and catching runaway enslaved Africans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Target donated funds to the NDN Collective, a nonprofit that has called for the closure of Mount Rushmore.<\/li>\n<li>NDN Collective\u2019s \u201cLandback\u201d campaign aims to return public lands in the Black Hills to Indigenous people.<\/li>\n<li>NDN Collective has criticized the origins of the U.S. military and police.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Target\u2019s donation to the NDN Collective has sparked controversy, with many questioning the company\u2019s support for a group that advocates for the closure of a national monument and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-say-we-all-want-earth-to-be-the-best-planet-in-the-world\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Say, \u2018We All Want Earth To Be The Best Planet In The World\u2019?\">made controversial statements<\/a> about Israel and the U.S. military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Target donated to NDN Collective, a South Dakota nonprofit that wants to close Mount Rushmore, calling it a symbol of white supremacy. 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