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The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land.
Plan Your Visit. Hear the Story - See the Dream. Contributeto Progress. Become a Storyteller. Crazy Horse is the world's largest mountain carving located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is considered The Eighth Wonder of the World in progress.
Updated August 28, 2024. Situated on a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the nearly 600 feet high Crazy Horse Memorial has been under construction since 1948. The Crazy Horse monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota’s Custer City is a marvel to behold.
Crazy Horse Memorial has announced that it will host its annual Autumn Volksmarch on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26-27. This expanded two-day event, held in conjunction with the Black Hills Volkssport Association, takes place the same weekend as Custer State Park’s Buffalo Round-Up.
For decades, crews have been working to pay homage to Crazy Horse, with the memorial north of Custer. And on Sunday, progress was revealed in celebration of an anniversary.
On September 5th, the Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior Tasunke Witko, also known as Crazy Horse, was fatally wounded by a soldier’s bayonet. In one famous part of his life, when asked by a cavalry soldier “Where are your lands now,” Crazy Horse responded “My lands are where my dead lay buried.”
Every year Crazy Horse Memorial® celebrates the arts and crafts that are melding Native American cultures and the New West. During the three days of the Gift From Mother Earth, over 20 exhibitors showcase and sell a wide variety of artwork. Booths open at 8 am all three days.
Rising over 563 feet high, Crazy Horse Memorial dwarfs the carved portraits of Mount Rushmore by nearly 10 times and is set to become one of the tallest monuments in the world once completed.
If it is ever completed, the Crazy Horse monument will be the second-largest monument in the world, trailing only India's Statue of Unity.