The Crazy Horse Memorial is a tribute to Native Americans. The project has accepted no government money since it began in 1948.
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The visitor center at the Crazy Horse Memorial features a lot of history about the project and on Native Americans.
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A view from the backside of the Crazy Horse Memorial. It's being made "in-the-round."
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The Crazy Horse Memorial is 563 feet tall and 641 feet long, making it the world's largest sculpture.
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The Crazy Horse Memorial has been in the works since 1948. It was begun so Native Americans could have a shrine to their leaders near Mount Rushmore.
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When complete, the Crazy Horse Memorial will feature the Lakota's top war chief, riding a horse, pointing to the prairie where his people once roamed.
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With Crazy Horse's face complete, workers are now working on his hand and the horse's head.
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How the Crazy Horse monument looked when Michael Pearce first saw it as a 10-year-old boy.
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How the Crazy Horse Memorial appeared when last seen by Michael Pearce in 1993.
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The Crazy Horse Memorial is a tribute to Native Americans. The project has accepted no government money since it began in 1948.
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A painting of Korczak Ziolkowski, the world-class sculptor who game up a promising career to start the Crazy Horse Memorial.
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Casimir Ziolkowski has been working on the Crazy Horse Memorial for most of his 50 years. Many family members are involved with the project.
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A gathering of Lakota survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn that gathered in the Black HIlls about the time the Crazy Horse Memorial was created.
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Ruth Ziolkowski, almost 90-years-old, has been over-seeing the project started by her late-husband, Korczak, for more than 25 years.
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A copy of the letter Chief Henry Standing Bear sent to Korczak Ziolkowski asking him to make a monument to Native Americans.
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A view from Crazy Horse's outstretched arm. The mountain is one of the highest in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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Korczak Ziiolkowski, left, and Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear, the man who asked the world-class scuptor to under-take the monumental project.
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Crazy Horse's face is about 22 stories tall. Note the man standing by his chin.
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