The Myth of Native American Innocence

The potted version of the nation’s history favored by the likes of Ben & Jerry’s is meant to delegitimize the United States.

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With a completed scale model in the foreground the carving of the monument to Lakota warrior Crazy Horse takes shape in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 2001.

Andy Clark/Reuters

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream wants the United States to return the Black Hills to the Lakota.

Which raises the question: Once this transfer takes place, will the Lakota turn around and give the Black Hills back to the tribes they took them from?

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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