It is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land.
The memorial was commissioned by Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota elder, to be sculpted by Korczak Ziolkowski. It is operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
The monument has been in progress since 1948 and is far from completion.
I had heard progress had been very slow and wondered whether another visit was worthwhile.
The monument has been in progress since 1948 and is far from completion.
I had heard progress had been very slow and wondered whether another visit was worthwhile.
We drove to the gate and realised that indeed not much had changed and, as we had already seen the associated museum and exhibits, we turned around and headed for Hill City and a coffee.
There we found another impressive horse.
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