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The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota. It represents Crazy Horse, an Oglala Lakota warrior, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. The memorial was commissioned by Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear to be sculpted by Korczak Ziolkowski. It is operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a private non-profit organization.
The memorial consists of the mountain carving (monument), the Indian Museum of North America, and the Native American Cultural Center. The monument is being carved out of Thunderhead Mountain on land considered sacred by some Oglala Lakota, between Custer and Hill City, roughly 17 miles from Mount Rushmore. The sculpture's final dimensions are planned to be 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high. The head of Crazy Horse will be 87 feet (27 m) high; by comparison, the heads of the four U.S. Presidents at Mount Rushmore are each 60 feet (18 m) high.
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The model, clearly a work of art in itself was done by the original artist. He has since died, and his family continue to dynamite the mountain to recreate the model... The scale is realised when you see the diggers and earthmoving equipment at the bottom of the sculpture. I believe the nose on the face is about the same size as the figures on Mt Rushmore, which by the way is only about 20 miles away. The Z family are all involved and it is clearly a lifetimes work for them, and their descendants should they so choose! Lets hope it doesn't take quite as long for the high cloud I see out of the window to disperse, as it is not supposed to be here according to the forecast...
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