Visiting The Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota

 

Eric & I drive to the

Crazy Horse Memorial.

The Memorial from the road

Eric and I paid $30.00 to enter the Grounds, which is on Private Property.  It is run by The Crazy Horse Memorial Board of Directors and the Ziolkowski Family.

The Welcome Center

Some of the many Artifacts

on display

A Lakota Tipi

Many American Tribes traveled

by water in Birch Bark Canoes.

A portrait of Korczak Ziolkowski,

the original sculptor of the 

Crazy Horse Memorial.

A self-taught Sculptor, Ziolkowski was asked by Standing Bear, Chief of the Lakota to design and sculpt the Crazy Horse Memorial, honoring Crazy Horse, the revered Lakota Warrior and Leader.  

The  Sculptor's Model

Ziolkowski worked on the Memorial from 1948 until his death in 1982.  His widow, Ruth continued his work and now the children continue their father's work.

Storytellers introduce themselves,

describe their lineage & share

their oral traditions.

The Ziolkowski Family and the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Board of Directors guide the Monument's ongoing, slow progress.  Crazy Horse's face was revealed in 1998.  The Memorial, the largest statue in the world, remains a work in progress 73 years later.