We began our day with a visit to the Crazy Horse Memorial with a curiousness to see how this monumental undertaking had progressed since we were there 15 years ago.  Funded solely by the interested  public... not the taxpayer, it progresses slowly. 

Conceived by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear, Crazy Horse was officially started on June 3, 1948 (nine years after the completion of Mt. Rushmore National Memorial). The Memorial's mission is to honor the culture, tradition and living heritage of North American Indians.  As you can see by the photos with the model of what it will look like completed, this is a project that will take generations to complete.  Korczak knew "that the project was larger than any one person's lifetime." 

Chief Standing Bear wrote, "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, also."  It is a place of pretty powerful emotions and inspiring convictions.