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A UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopter from Fort Polk, La., flies past Mount Rushmore on its way to the Lakota powwow in South Dakota, Sept. 23, 2008. At the Lakota Sioux tribe's request, the helicopter series was given the tribe's name.

THE LAKOTA AND MOUNT RUSHMORE

A UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopter from Fort Polk, La., flies past Mount Rushmore on its way to the Lakota powwow in South Dakota, Sept. 23, 2008. At the Lakota Sioux tribe's request, the helicopter series was given the tribe's name.

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