{"id":1602,"date":"2010-06-08T01:59:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sixsuitcasetravel.com\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2021-05-28T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T22:11:16","slug":"crazy-horse-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/crazy-horse-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Crazy Horse Memorial with Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/crazyhorse-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A short 6 miles away from Custer,&nbsp;SD is the great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazyhorsememorial.org\/monument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazy Horse Memorial<\/a>. When finished, it will be the largest sculpture in the world at 641 feet wide and 563 feet high. Started in 1948, the sculpture commemorates the Native American people and was sanctioned by Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/han_shot_first\/48715411097\/in\/photolist-2hdPduZ-2hdPcZa-2hdNn5f-2hdNnaq-2hdPdib-VrrYbN-6M1HF2-PCBCkL-8yw5aC-YK9vuz-252HtGH-RSQkTr-8vcvfH-J7G2f6-NHrr3q-252HtLa-29mKGps-8GtGwK-STVj9X-qBvKw1-oSYiwz-2fgMjX4-4ToUfx-9Y76Tq-YK9vJc-YK9vdx-rnMLSm-YK9wTr-YK9vWr-nZFCeB-2fyBXhs-YK9wpR-2d6FYzY-ogRw9b-ox4mvf-RSQkGK-94dmVC-ofLMGx-TuZwmE-PGD8iW-Q8TFam-29nHzLr-2jxcozB-Np1dmb-2hTTc4a-29TZo4W-paVZzN-2k1skQB-2hdPvu-USAQmf\" title=\"The Crazy Horse Memorial\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48715411097_2f8a309728_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"The Crazy Horse Memorial\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, also,&#8221;&nbsp;wrote Standing Bear when he invited Korczak to the Black Hills to carve Crazy Horse.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The memorial was busy but not overly crowded. We saw the movie which was strangely mostly about the sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-sculptor-korczak-ziolkowski\">The Sculptor &#8211; Korczak Ziolkowski<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The first building housed some Native American history but mostly facts about how the memorial has been built so far, how it will look, and the plans for the area around it. When completed the memorial area will include the Crazy Horse Memorial, Indian Museum of North America, and Indian University of North America&nbsp;&amp; Medical Training Center.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Many of the other buildings were mostly again about the builder and his life, wife, and 10 kids. The builder refused federal funds of $10 million twice.&nbsp;Ziolkowski&nbsp;felt the project would be compromised by federal interest and believed it was better to go with private money.&nbsp;I&nbsp;think he short-changed&nbsp;the Native Americans by not taking the federal funds. The memorial was started&nbsp;in 1948 and is nowhere close to completion. Recent work has been made on the hand above the horse&#8217;s head.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barelypodcasting\/9156777038\/in\/photolist-eX9SNb-8pJwTW-fCsGWc-8RptHf-cymmyj-azv7Nd-ECTSJF-29StY1A-2bfkEFg-dee18f-874kCc-RFZYL9-29StYgA-NSSu2R-2cyC763-2bfkEBP-NSStWa-NSSu7R-NSSu6P-7cEzao-8Rmn5H-fCsGXB-25Tbww-a4LpzT-5W8a7Y-8c8hPn-5dpi5j-2bfkF3i-QvhwCb-29StYjw-29StYx7-29StYnC-29StYij-Qvhw7S-2bfkEYv-2bfkEHR-oByNJ5-okgAKZ-okgAQD-5wKg8h-okgBzz-aBpQSq-oBtR6M-aPFNiz-2iw3e6y-oBMmk8-aBpQLq-ozHUhL-aBpQEu-okike4\" title=\"Face of Crazy Horse\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7372\/9156777038_615d1364f4_z.jpg\" width=\"628\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Face of Crazy Horse\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-crazy-horse-history\">Crazy Horse History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Crazy Horse was born on Rapid Creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1842.&nbsp; He fought the federal U.S. government to preserve the Lakota people&#8217;s land and way of life and against being relocated to a reservation.&nbsp; He was involved in many key battles. Crazy Horse was stabbed in the back at Fort Robinson, Nebraska during a scuffle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/crazy-horse\">soldiers who were trying to imprison him<\/a> in a cell.&nbsp; He died on September 6, 1877. <\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-buildings-and-admission\">Buildings and Admission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Other buildings at the memorial include a Native American Cultural Center, The Indian Museum of North America, the sculptor&#8217;s Workshop, the Sculptor&#8217;s Log Studio Home, a snack shop, Laughing Water restaurant, and a gift shop.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2021 admission prices start at $15 per person. We found it cheaper to pay the maximum of $27 per carload (2021 &#8211; now $35).&nbsp;That price divided by your big family makes it cheaper than the price of going to a movie which is about how long your visit will last. For an extra $4 per person, you can take a short bus ride to an area close to the sculpture.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tips-for-visiting\">Tips for Visiting:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Once a year the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crazyhorsememorial.org\/events\/volksmarch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crazy Horse Volksmarch<\/a> allows patrons to walk up the 6.2-mile path up to the arm of Crazy Horse.&nbsp; The average time on the trail is 2-4 hours. The terrain is steep and not stroller friendly. The suggested donation is $3.<\/li><li>Visit during one of the two scheduled Night Blasts. The ceremonial blasts light up the mountain with specially designed pyrotechnical features.<\/li><li>During the summer, enjoy a nightly laser-light storytelling show, &#8220;Legends in Light&#8221;.<\/li><li>As part of the Sturgis\/Black Hills area, the first full week in August during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, many attractions in the area will see a big increase in tourists.<\/li><li>People tend to love this monument or see it as a tourist trap. We think it&#8217;s worth a visit with your big family.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tipsforcrazyhorsememorial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tipsforcrazyhorsememorial.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16636\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tipsforcrazyhorsememorial.png 600w, https:\/\/sixsuitcasetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tipsforcrazyhorsememorial-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A short 6 miles away from Custer,&nbsp;SD is the great Crazy Horse Memorial. 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