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You are Invited to Share in Korczak's Dream for the Crazy Horse Memorial
Join those who are helping to make a dream come true!
Catch the Vision!
CRAZY HORSE
Korczak, SC
DURING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF
Korczak's arrival in the Black Hills in 1947 and
the first blast on the mountain carving in
1948, you are invited to contribute to the work
being done to honor the Native American
through the preservation of Indian culture at
Crazy Horse Memorial.
memorial which will reflect to all the pride of
the Native Americans in their leaders and
nation.
Included in that plan is the University and
Medical Training Center for the North
American Indian to be established as funds are
available. The Indian Museum of North
America, an extensive annual scholarship
program for students from South Dakota's
nine Indian reservations, and a library have
already been started toward the realization of
the humanitarian goals of Crazy Horse
Memorial to preserve the culture and further
the economic status of the Indian through
education. Land for the entire complex has
been purchased and is owned by Crazy Horse
Memorial Foundation.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MOST
welcome. For this one-time, two-year 40th
anniversary event—the first in Crazy Horse
Memorial's 40-year history!-your
contributions from $40 to $4000 would give a
tremendous impetus to the next 40-year period
of the history of Crazy Horse Memorial. And
you would be a very special participant in its
history!
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THIS
two-year event, as well as the contributions
given through the on-going Grass Roots Club,
will accelerate work on the mountain carving
or you may specify it for your favorite of the
following humanitarian projects:
Indian scholarships
for college or nursing school
Improvements and/or additions to the
Indian Museum of North America
Appreciated in addition to monetary
contributions are gifts of:
Equipment
Works of Art
Indian Artifacts
Books
Services
Supplies
CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS ARE TAX-
deductible under the guidelines of the Internal
Revenue Service (501(c)(3)).
SPECIFIC INFORMATION MAY BE
obtained from:
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
The Black Hills
Avenue of the Chiefs
Crazy Horse, SD 57730-9998
Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski in the cab of a
Caterpillar working on his dream of a
memorial to the Indians of North America.
This picture was taken before Korczak died
in 1982. He left plans for his family to
complete the sculpture in the round which is
NOW IN PROGRESS of Chief Crazy
Horse. The sculpture will be 563 ft. high and
641 ft. long, higher than the Washington
Monument. The horse's head will be 22
stories tall; a five-room house could fit in the
horse's nostril; the Indian's outstretched arm
is nearly as long as a football field; and a ten-
story building could fit inside the completed
opening under the arm. Over 8 million tons
of rock have been blasted off to date.
THE CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL
Foundation is a non-profit organization
dedicated to perpetuate the Crazy Horse
Memorial and the culture and tradition of the
North American Indian.
Chief Henry Standing Bear conceived the
idea of a portrait likeness of the Lakota leader,
Crazy Horse, in an indestructible carving as a
memorial to the Indians of North America. He
enlisted the support of Korczak Ziolkowski
who gave over half of his life, energy, artistic
skill and resources to the project.
With plans Korczak left when he died in
1982, his family is carrying on the dream of a
