The "Crazy Horse" Memorial

In the Black Hills of South Dakota

The story of Crazy Horse Memorial

Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear officially started Crazy Horse Memorial June 3, 1948. The Memorial's  mission is to honor the culture, tradition and living heritage of North American Indians.

Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation demonstrates its ongoing commitment to this promise by following these objectives:

• Continuing the progress on the world’s largest mountain sculpture, carving a memorial to the spirit of legendary Lakota leader Crazy Horse and his culture;

• Providing educational and cultural programming to encourage harmony and reconciliation among all people and nations;
• Acting as a repository for Native American artifacts, arts and crafts through    the Indian Museum of North America and the Native American Educational & Cultural Center;

• And by establishing and operating, when practical, the American Indian University and Medical Training Center.

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The Crazy Horse Memorial is an amazing tribute to the native people of North America, it was really cool to see this sculpture in the process of being carved from the mountainside, I would love to return to the mountain someday and see it completed, though there is no estimate on when it will be complete, after the death of the original sculptor his family is continuing the project and trying to maintain his dream of completing the sculpture without the aid of government funding.

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