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See photos and stories of the creation of the Crazy Horse Memorial, a mountain carving in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Learn about the sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, the Native American elders, the challenges and achievements of the project.
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The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land.
- The Life of Crazy Horse
- The Origins of The Crazy Horse Memorial
- Who Paid For The Crazy Horse Memorial?
- When Will The Crazy Horse Monument Be Finished?
Crazy Horse’s life as a warrior began early. Born Tasunke Witco in 1840 in Rapid Creek some 40 miles from the sculpture, he was raised by a medicine manand was an Oglala Lakota member from birth. The old ways of Indigenous life in America had already come under attack, with additional inter-tribe squabbles furthering the Native American plight. As ...
While Crazy Horse believedthat having his picture taken would rob him of his soul and shorten his life, Lakota chief Henry Standing Bear believed honoring Crazy Horse with a monument was imperative. After all, the U.S. Presidents had been honored with Mount Rushmore some 17 miles away — in a glaring injustice. “My fellow chiefs and I would like the...
The Lakota chief not only traded his 900 acres of land for the desolate mountain with the Department of Interior, but continuously rejected federal funding in utter aversion to government involvement. Construction finally began in 1948 — and the fact that Ziolkowski worked on Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse would become an ironic cherry on top. As i...
Ziolkowski toiled alone, reaching the top of Thunderhead Mountain with a 741-step staircase made of wood and working without electricity. His vision was to depict Crazy Horse on his steed, pointing to the land where so many of his men had been killed. Ziolkowski believed it would take him 30 years — but he never finished. When the architect died in...
The Mountain. Come Anytime or Pre-Book Your Visit: Buy Tickets Now. Crazy Horse Memorial® is located in the heart of the beautiful Black Hills. The elevation on the Mountain is 6,532 feet above sea level and ranks 27th highest mountain in South Dakota.
Jun 4, 2023 · Since builders commenced the first blast on June 3 in 1948, millions have trekked to the Black Hills to see the progress of Crazy Horse Memorial. The face of the Lakota leader was originally revealed in 1998, 50 years after work began.
Jul 30, 2020 · Learn more about the incredible history of, and controversy about, the enormous Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hill of South Dakota. Did you know that not far from Mount Rushmore, the world's second-largest sculpture is under construction?
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