what is the american indian name for mount rushmore
Mount Rushmore Originally known to the Lakota Sioux as "The Six Grandfathers",[11] the mountain was renamed after Charles E. Rushmore, a prominent New York lawyer, during an expedition in 1885.[12] At first, the project of carving Rushmore was undertaken to increase tourism in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. After long negotiations involving a Congressional delegation and President Calvin Coolidge, the project received Congressional approval. The carving started in 1927 and ended in 1941 with no fatalities.[13]