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- Code Number:
- CMDV01P05_09
- Title:
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Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills
- "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, too." In 1939 this is what Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote to sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. He urged him to visit the Black Hills and carve a mountain sculpture honoring American Indians. When finished, this monumental sculpture will stand 641 feet long and 563 feet high.
- Keywords:
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South Dakota, Architecture, Travel, Scenics, Structure, USA, archives, history
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- CMDV01P05_09
- Title:
-
Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills
- "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, too." In 1939 this is what Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote to sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. He urged him to visit the Black Hills and carve a mountain sculpture honoring American Indians. When finished, this monumental sculpture will stand 641 feet long and 563 feet high.
- Keywords:
-
South Dakota, Architecture, Travel, Scenics, Structure, USA, archives, history
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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