the crazy horse memorial project begain in 1876.
the crazy horse memorial project begain in 1876.
when did the crazy horse memorial project began?
1876
henry standing bear ("mato naji"), an oglala lakota chief, and well-known statesman and elder in the native american community, recruited and commissioned polish-american sculptor korczak ziolkowski to build the crazy horse memorial in the black hills of south dakota. in october 1931, luther standing bear, henry's older brother, wrote to sculptor gutzon borglum, who was carving the heads of four american presidents at mount rushmore. luther suggested that it would be "most fitting to have the face of crazy horse sculpted there. crazy horse is the real patriot of the sioux tribe and the only one worthy to place by the side of washington and lincoln." borglum never replied. thereafter, henry standing bear began a campaign to have borglum carve an image of crazy horse on mt. rushmore. in summer of 1935, standing bear, frustrated over the stalled crazy horse project, wrote to james h. cook, a long time friend of chief red cloud's, "i am struggling hopelessly with this because i am without funds, no employment and no assistance from any indian or white."
crazy horse memorial
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the crazy horse memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the black hills, in custer county, south dakota, united states. it will depict the oglala lakota warrior, crazy horse, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. 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.
crazy horse memorial