The Crazy Horse Memorial is very close to Mount Rushmore, so they lend themselves to an easy double-visit. Crazy Horse Memorial is not a National or State Park, so funding is private. It does cost money to get in, but I was happy to support the effort. I especially enjoyed the Lakota speaker and dancer.
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- This photo was cropped to make the image bigger. You can see from other photos how far away it is from the visitors center.
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- A model is in the foreground. The actual carving progress, the face of Crazy Horse, is in the mountain in the background.
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- This helps understand vision and scale.
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- This photo was dated January 2018. The construction equipment helps give me a sense of scale.
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- Chief Standing Bear was given the name Henry when he, like other Native children, was placed in white-run schools. Through his school experience, he learned to use his bi-cultural understanding to advocate for Native peoples.
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- A quote from the sculptor.
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- A Lakota speaker, artist and dancer – in front of the carved progress of the Crazy Horse Monument. He made nearly all of his clothing according to descriptions and depictions he could find of traditional clothing, and from guidance from his elders.
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- Beautiful metal art at Crazy Horse
