Crazy Horse Memorial Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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It was begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Native Americans. The sculpture portrays the chief Crazy Horse, who among other things, led the Oglala Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
Crazy Horse resisted being , due to strong beliefs in preserving the culture and ways of the traditional Native Americans, but his portrait in the form of a monument carved right out of the mountain has become a legend in the tale of Native Americans. "My lands are where my dead lie buried" are his words over the impressive, unfinished work in the holy Black Hills.