Amen, McGrath!

Amos, nature ain't the issue. The paha sapa (black hills)are sacred to the Northern plains people.

American ethnocentrism designated the ancient mountain to be a "perfect" place to honor those men.

The people of the Northern plains were NOT consulted and to many of them it is as though someone "tagged" the Sistine Chapel with gang graffitti.

Yes the ideals of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln deserve to be honored and are in many, many, ways. Teddy, on the other hand...

CB