La più grande scultura del mondo

Il Crazy Horse Memorial, la più grande scultura del mondo, ancora in costruzione, si trova in South Dakota, sulle Black Hills sulla strada US Highway 16/385, a 17 miglia a sud-ovest di Mount Rushmore.
I lavori iniziarono nel 1984 dallo scultore Korczak Ziolkowski su richiesta dei Nativi Americani.
Korczak morì nel 1982. Sua moglie Ruth a la sua famiglia continuano a lavorare al progetto con la collaborazione del Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.

Il Memorial comprende the Indian Museum Of North America, The Native American Cultural Center che era dedicato nel 1996 al Native American Day Celebration, lo studio dello scultore, oltre ad una nuova area di oltre 40.000 piedi quadrati (Orientation Center) e un teatro inaugurato nel Maggio del 2000.
Molti artisti nativi ed artigiani creano lì i loro lavori e ci sono molti visitatori specialmente nel periodo estivo.

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Questi sono gli eventi per il 2004:

Korczak Day in South Dakota -- Monday, May 3, 2004
57th anniversary of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski's 1947 arrival in the Black Hills to accept the Indians’ invitation to carve Crazy Horse Memorial

Memorial Day Weekend Open House -- Sat.-Mon., May 29-30-31, 2004
Free admission* to residents of S.D., N.D., Wyo., Mont. and Nebr. Panhandle.
Guest artists and crafts people in the Indian Museum and Cultural Center

Dedication Anniversaries -- Thursday, June 3, 2004
56th anniversary of the June 3, 1948 dedication of the Memorial and the first blast on the mountain;
6th anniversary of the completion and unveiling of the face of Crazy Horse and of the first blast of the second 50 years of progress on the mountain carving

19th Annual Crazy Horse Volksmarch -- Sat.-Sun., June 5-6, 2004
Organized hike (once-a-year) up the mt. carving in progress, co-sponsored by AVA;
Memorial admission free* to hikers; $3 per person charge for the 10K (6.2 miles) hike

14th Annual Crazy Horse Stampede Rodeos & "A Gift from Mother Earth" -- Fri., Sat., Sun., June 18-19-20, 2004
Great Plains Indian Rodeo Assn. Rodeo & Professional Rodeo Cowboy Assn. Rodeo;
Native American & Western Arts & Crafts Show & Sale and Native American Fashion Show & Sale and more for the whole family

128th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Ruth Ziolkowski's 78th birthday -- Saturday, June 26, 2004
Traditionally including a night blast on the mountain (weather permitting)

Labor Day Weekend Open House -- Sat.-Sun.-Mon., Sept. 4-5-6, 2004
Free admission* to residents of S.D., N.D., Wyo., Mont. and Neb. Panhandle.
Guest artists and crafts people in the Indian Museum and Cultural Center

Dual Anniversaries Night Blast -- Monday, Sept. 6, 2004
Blast (weather permitting) observing the anniversaries Sept. 6th of the 1877 death of Crazy Horse and the 1908 birth of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski

15th Annual Native American Day -- Monday, Oct. 11, 2004
Speakers, performing artists, many special activities; blast on mt. (weather permitting)
Annually honoring the Crazy Horse Memorial Educator of the Year

Korczak Remembrance Day -- Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004
22nd anniversary of the death of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski (1908-1982)