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July 19, 2001
Crazy Horse Memorial
Today we visited the Crazy Horse Monument, a 50 year old project near Mt. Rushmore.  In 1949 or so, Chief Henry Standing Bear asked a Polish-American to sculpt an image of Crazy Horse, a Sioux Indian hero, "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know that the red man has great heroes, too."  We were able to tour the sculptor's home and studio. 


The depiction of Crazy Horse is based on when a man asked him, "Where are your lands now?"  Crazy Horse replied, "My lands are where my dead lie buried."

This is how the memorial will eventually look.

An internationally known hoop dancer named Frank showed us a set of traditional Lakota Sioux hoop dances.

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