We visited the Crazy Horse Memorial, which is amazing. Heck that doesn’t even BEGIN to describe it.
This privately funded memorial is for all Indians everywhere….from sea to shining sea and from the North Pole to the South. Hours can be spent in the exhibt houses alone.
Since no one really knows what Crazy Horse looks like ….he refused to have his soul captured by ink or camera this is the representation of what the stone artist and the elders decided he MAY have looked like.
If you love Indian culture and want to read a really good book about the Bad Lands, the Black Hills and the Plains Indians read Hanta Yo. I am on my 17th reading….it is an amazing book!
We went late enough in the day we would be there for the laser light show.
Stunning is the word!
I was sitting by some young girls of the Navajo nation. When the song “I’m Proud to be an American” was sung during the light show those beautiful young girls sung to themselves along with the song. As the song ended the little girl (about 14 I would guess) said to herself, but so I could hear….’I AM proud…very proud!’
Brought tears to my eyes!
I too am Proud to be An American!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 