Crazy Horse Memorial® is the world's largest mountain carving in progress, between Custer & Hill City on Highway 16/385, The Crazy Horse Memorial Highway. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski & Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear officially started Crazy Horse Memorial June 3, 1948.
The mission of Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is to protect and preserve the cultures, traditions and living heritage of North American Indians.
The Foundation demonstrates its commitment to this endeavor by continuing the progress on the world's largest sculptural undertaking by carving a Memorial of Lakota leader Crazy Horse; providing educational and cultural programming to encourage harmony and reconciliation among all peoples and nations; by acting as a repository for Native American artifacts, arts and crafts through THE INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH AMERICA® and THE NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER®; and by establishing and operating THE INDIAN UNIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICA® and when practical, a medical training center for American Indians.
