Key Facts

• Mount Rushmore features carvings of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
• The monument has a controversial history connected to Native American land rights.
• It is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, an area sacred to Indigenous peoples.
• The monument was created during the 1920s and 1930s.
• Some people support Mount Rushmore as a symbol of American history.
• Others criticize it for overlooking the impact on Native American communities.
• The CBS News series "USA to Z" highlights these different viewpoints.
• Vladimir Duthiers is the reporter covering this story.