What is the Crazy Horse Memorial?
Q: What is the Crazy Horse Memorial?
A: The Crazy Horse Memorial is the world's largest mountain sculpture in progress located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA. It depicts Crazy Horse, a famous Lakota warrior.
Q: Who initiated the project of the Crazy Horse Memorial?
A: The project of the Crazy Horse Memorial was initiated by Korczak Ziolkowski at the request of Chief Henry Standing Bear and other Native American elders.
Q: What is the purpose of the statue?
A: The statue is meant to be a memorial to the spirit of Crazy Horse as well as the Native American people.
Q: Did the Crazy Horse Memorial receive any government funding?
A: No, the Crazy Horse Memorial never received any government funding. Korczak Ziolkowski believed in individual initiative and private enterprise.
Q: When did Korczak Ziolkowski start working on the memorial?
A: Korczak Ziolkowski started working on the memorial in 1948.
Q: When did Korczak Ziolkowski pass away?
A: Korczak Ziolkowski passed away in 1982 while working on the Crazy Horse Memorial.
Q: Why did Korczak Ziolkowski continue to work on the memorial until his death?
A: Korczak Ziolkowski believed in the importance of the project and the message it conveyed, which is the memorial to the spirit of Crazy Horse and Native American people.
