I was working for Phillips66 Oil Co. in Rapid City SD in 1974 and Korczak Ziolkowski was using our fuel and lubricants in all his equipment . I spent a day with him on the mountain and the evening at his home. He drove me all over the area in his jeep and we drank whiskey in his living room. His wife Ruth brought it to us straight, in water glass tumblers!! (after a day with no meals....ugh!) He was a wonderful guy, full of enthusiasm and loving life and his gigantic project. He knew that he would not live to finish the sculpture , and he said so. He hoped that his family and foundation would complete it someday. However, nearby Rapid City is the location of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology , one of the premier hard rock mining engineering schools in the nation. I studied Civil Engineering there in the years following my visits with Korczak, and expert geophysical scientists and mining engineers at the school had determined that the Crazy Horse sculpture could never be completed because the rock the mountain is comprised of is not monolithic or uniform and could never support the type of sculpture that Ziolkowski envisioned. I can clearly see that coming true in this video made 50 years after I stood on the top of the mountain with Korczak. There's been very little change or progress in 50 years, and what has been done bears only a passing resemblance to the models and drawings Ziolkowski made originally. Too bad - His was a magnificent vision , but the raw material just was not then, and never will be there to make it real.
Wake up they're not going to get finished with it! There's whole cities being built faster than they can get this done! They are slacking big time and might as well be an abandoned project!
A true great monument for a true great warrior and his people and heritage. I really have alot of respect for all native American heritage and culture. Rest in peace crazy horse.
We need to wake up the rich and get Chief Crazy Horse finished. Who doesn't want to be immortalized with such a historical figure. Crazy Horse was arguably one of Greatest Leaders of any FREE people ever. Anyone who helps to finish this majestic project will get their name to live forever with his! 🙃
They are not excepting donations honestly the government offered them 2million and the Indians and project leaders rejected the offer it'll be done in about ten years just did the tour yesterday so these are facts
Absolutely amazing family and tribute to one of the most inspiring human beings of all time... It's on my bucket list for sure Its a short list, as I have lived an amazing life I will be inquiring as to donating some of my time to this monument
The first time I saw a picture of this monument I was about 18 . The only thing that was distinguishable was the hole under the arm and the top of the arm. Forty years later I see a lot of progress but I won't live to see it finished .
Bill Schipper Must have been in the late seventies, early 80‘s ? When I was there in 1981, we could not see any of the face yet, only, as you said, the hole under the arm.....and I actually thought then, that this will not be getting anywhere.....I‘m surprised that it has progressed so far, that you can actually see the face.....looks great!!
I saw it with my father when it was nothing but a hole under the arm. In the 80's I think. 75 years and they are 1/10th done now...If they actually finish this, then all magic is not yet fled from the world. I don't know if I have the strength to believe, but I am glad someone does.
I am so glad that the USA have honored the Indians, all of them, that had such a lovely outlook on life, family and death. I, a UK resident and English person salute you.
@@brunningwolf You're calling Crazy Horse a 'dumb ass" and you don't even know it. I'm quoting Crazy Horse. Yes that's right. I'm quoting someone who did far more for his people in 10 seconds than you'll ever do in 80 years. So congratulations. You called a name and stupidly prevented a new friendship. Genius.
Viendo la maqueta y el tamaño del proyecto es fácil entender que es demasiado titánico, demasiado ambicioso, no creo que lleguen a terminarlo nunca, se necesitaría demasiada fe para que las muchas generaciones que se requieren para terminarlo, puedan sentirse motivados para seguir con el trabajo, pero así como está ya es bastante impresionante 😁😁😁
I support this. As a kid I had an idea to make a colossal statue of me sitting, thinking in the backyard of my house to make sure my family would never sell it. Also to leave it to future civilization to wonder who I was
good preview overlaying the statue over the mountain. It gives us an impression of the scale of the mountain-sculpture. Wonderful! There seems to be some progress recently, as shown in another youtube video.
I wonder how far along it will be when the Basilica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, under construction for over 150 years, is finally completed in June of 2026, the centennial of the death of Antoni Gaudí.
Saman I see and hear sits at my side when I close my eyes at night Heaven sees cause I see them I see him so much more than Giant he came out the moon to me My mom and heart an soul misses all of them
Karl Partridge Lol, you know you're probably right... So, the family needs to put their signature on it, somehow, in a specific place in a way that can't be erased..... Oh! Like, the story the children were telling..."Moma said she wanted an Indian coming out of a mountain. So Daddy began it and we finished it, all for you Moma."
Is true....così come a Casamarca in Perù per esempio,e in tanti altri luoghi nel mondo dove i profili di montagna sembrano facce di antichi giganti..in Nord Italia One Mountain face il sole fa da occhio all alba del primo maggio ...fenomeno conosciuto prima del tempo dei romani....2000anni a,c.
I would like to volunteer my free time. Im in Canada but would trade my vacation time to come help in which ever way possible. I just need food and sleep.
There are very few works of humans that I respect. This is one of them. Actually, at the moment, I can't even think of a 2nd one..... After minutes of thought, there is Dian Fossey understanding and protecting the mountain gorillas. I am not sure there is even a 3rd good thing humans have ever done. That is about the sum total value of humans. The bad things humans have done...that list is without end.
This monument should of been finish that's the least the government can do for the American Indians,,,I can't believe still not finish!!! But before I die I will visit this precious part of history,, because of at least to show respect!Damm I can't believe this is not finish I wish there was somebody out there famous that put it out there in media,,,and people can help pitch in to help get it finish!!!
At the time construction started in 1948, the artist estimated the work would be complete in 30 years. As of 2022, there was no timeline for when the monument would be completed; however, the hand, arm, shoulder, hairline, and top of the horse's head were estimated to be finished by 2037. On 3rd June 1948 Ziolkowski made the first blast and construction started. Since then work has been slow as Ziolkowski worked on the project mainly solo and refused to accept any government grants, thinking that if he did, he would no longer have complete control over the monument. Should have had Michelangelo carve it.
it wont ever be finished and I like it the way it is the face. Remember even Rushmore was not finished. To think that something like that can be finished would take a national effort of billions of dollars such as the landing on the moon concept. Not one person thinks all those details can ever be finished.
2:47 '...three of her siblings continue to work on the project...' Do you mean 1 son and 2 daughters Or 1 daughter and 2 sons Or 3 daughters Or 3 sons?
Custer was a disgusting racist piece of shit, who was humiliated in his last stand. What a worthless scumbag of a soul. Rotting in hell. I spit on his life, I piss on his grave.
It would be great if they finish it!!!! But it will never get finished because the family has no plans on finishing it. The family is just collecting donations and they have a gift shop. That is how they are making money for themselves. None of the money is going towards finishing the crazy horse statue. They set off dynamite ever so often just to make it seem that they are still working on the statue. It would take a rich person to purchase the project from the family and finish it.
PHOTO OF CHIEF CRAZY HORSE Reportedly, no image in photograph, painting or sketch was ever made of Chief Crazy Horse (c. 1840 - September 5, 1877) , son of Chief Crazy Horse and grandson of Chief Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief and war leader. [0:49] Image of a studio portrait of an American Indian with the caption: "1877 Chief Crazy Horse" with no credit of the source or provenance of the image. In 1877, Chief Crazy Horse would have been about 37 years old.
*"...preserve the culture, heritage and living heritage of the North American Indians." Meanwhile, school districts and others are erasing noble Indian heritage by forbidding admired team nicknames like Indians, warriors, braves, chiefs etc.!*
This is the only monument that should be finished by everyone in the course of healing and land give back to the Indians they have suffered the most under white men and still do to day.
@@deepspire Well knowing the govt, if they did take fed monies, there would surely be audits and flow charts to monitor production. It would be the end of a cash cow.
This place is a tourist trap. I went there with my folks in the 1960's and they haven't gotten much further since then. It looks almost exactly the same as the 1960's. Great scam though. You blast some of the rock away and then wait for the tourist to come. Every once in a while, you blow up some more rock and people think you actually intend to finish it.
The government offered to finish it but had to many rules on how the money would be spend on the project and it was turned down ,I don’t blame them them they want to tell u what or how they want it ,no government control they want to be in charge 😂😂😂like if it is there’s,that why Mount Rushmore would not take money from the government ,they did it on donations?❤
Can Elon Musk help out as a donation instead of paying it to the IRS? Elon!! HELP!! The Lakota Sioux owned that land until they were forcibly removed to live on reservations. 🙏
The outstretched left arm makes this sculpture look silly and makes construction overly-complicated and slow. I believe that's why this project has barely progressed since I visited in 1990. If it were redesigned to have the left arm touching the torso and horse, it could be completed more easily.
I was working for Phillips66 Oil Co. in Rapid City SD in 1974 and Korczak Ziolkowski was using our fuel and lubricants in all his equipment . I spent a day with him on the mountain and the evening at his home. He drove me all over the area in his jeep and we drank whiskey in his living room. His wife Ruth brought it to us straight, in water glass tumblers!! (after a day with no meals....ugh!) He was a wonderful guy, full of enthusiasm and loving life and his gigantic project. He knew that he would not live to finish the sculpture , and he said so. He hoped that his family and foundation would complete it someday. However, nearby Rapid City is the location of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology , one of the premier hard rock mining engineering schools in the nation. I studied Civil Engineering there in the years following my visits with Korczak, and expert geophysical scientists and mining engineers at the school had determined that the Crazy Horse sculpture could never be completed because the rock the mountain is comprised of is not monolithic or uniform and could never support the type of sculpture that Ziolkowski envisioned. I can clearly see that coming true in this video made 50 years after I stood on the top of the mountain with Korczak. There's been very little change or progress in 50 years, and what has been done bears only a passing resemblance to the models and drawings Ziolkowski made originally. Too bad - His was a magnificent vision , but the raw material just was not then, and never will be there to make it real.
Pueden mejorar todas las fases de la obra empleando hormigón.
I am happy that there is that much dedication to getting it done.
From one generation to the next and so on.
Wake up they're not going to get finished with it! There's whole cities being built faster than they can get this done! They are slacking big time and might as well be an abandoned project!
Very cool how they have his horse and body rise up to the head at the end. One day our decedents will see this incredible monument.
A true great monument for a true great warrior and his people and heritage. I really have alot of respect for all native American heritage and culture. Rest in peace crazy horse.
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We need to wake up the rich and get Chief Crazy Horse finished. Who doesn't want to be immortalized with such a historical figure. Crazy Horse was arguably one of Greatest Leaders of any FREE people ever. Anyone who helps to finish this majestic project will get their name to live forever with his! 🙃
Im in a wheelchair now
Black Lives matter will want to tear it down like all the other statues and all the whimpie politicians will cave into such a crazy group of people.
Great grAndma crazy horse standing bear Rhonda spikes derrider Louisiana family means everything rh negative bloodline here sos
People with money have money because they don't give it away.
Native Americans are probably still considered enemies to the Congress and the army
They are not excepting donations honestly the government offered them 2million and the Indians and project leaders rejected the offer it'll be done in about ten years just did the tour yesterday so these are facts
Wow!i did not know Ruth passed away.If i hit the lotto.im sending it to get this COMPLETED!!!
I hope I'm still alive when it's finally finished.
Robert Garcia me too but I highly doubt it for either of us at the rate it's getting carved it will be 150 more years
ME TO😞
Not even my children will see it finish. Maybe I wrong. .
it will never be finished, its a project about raising funds, money is the goal, as long as it is not finished, people will sponsor the project.
@@WvhKerkhof IRRITATES ME.. THO U KNOW NOW THEY R TAKING SCULPTURES, STATUES, down.. This shldda been done along time ago! JS
Wounderfull !
They should sell small pieces of the rocks online for donation. Would generate a lot of funds. I want one.
Yes.....
They have done that.
Visit Crazy Horse & you can make a donation & collect as many rocks as you like! I have several. Ingenious way to remove rock & fund the project!!
Absolutely amazing family and tribute to one of the most inspiring human beings of all time...
It's on my bucket list for sure
Its a short list, as I have lived an amazing life
I will be inquiring as to donating some of my time to this monument
I was 6 by the end of 1948 when this started, do the math, It's obvious I will not live to see it completed.
I for one will love to see this completed in my life time before I pass.. I was born in 1980...
this is the Best Video i've seen ! thank you for sharing ... my viewing July 4, 2020
The first time I saw a picture of this monument I was about 18 . The only thing that was distinguishable was the hole under the arm and the top of the arm. Forty years later I see a lot of progress but I won't live to see it finished .
Bill Schipper Must have been in the late seventies, early 80‘s ? When I was there in 1981, we could not see any of the face yet, only, as you said, the hole under the arm.....and I actually thought then, that this will not be getting anywhere.....I‘m surprised that it has progressed so far, that you can actually see the face.....looks great!!
@@beatricecallan it was about 1978
You don't know that
I got to see it when my father took me to Sturgis 75. I hope to take my son one day perhaps Sturges 100.
I saw it with my father when it was nothing but a hole under the arm. In the 80's I think. 75 years and they are 1/10th done now...If they actually finish this, then all magic is not yet fled from the world. I don't know if I have the strength to believe, but I am glad someone does.
I saw it in 1996, one day I hope to return to see it complete
Фантастика. Грандиозно.
this will get finished one day, even if the current generations don't live to see it
A great monument which could stand for thousands of years.
@David Tucker If so ,it would be bloody ,and the Native Americans would not allow those lowlife doing whatever they want .
I am so glad that the USA have honored the Indians, all of them, that had such a lovely outlook on life, family and death. I, a UK resident and English person salute you.
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A True American Hero.
"Where are your lands?"
*Crazy Horse points*
"There, where my people are buried."
Yeah I think he pointing at wounded knee
This whole country is Indian land dumb ass.
@@brunningwolf You're calling Crazy Horse a 'dumb ass" and you don't even know it. I'm quoting Crazy Horse. Yes that's right. I'm quoting someone who did far more for his people in 10 seconds than you'll ever do in 80 years. So congratulations. You called a name and stupidly prevented a new friendship. Genius.
It’s not your land this native land 💪💪💪
@@tesgameles conquered land**
The greatest Oglala Sioux chief ever crazyhorse.our hero.
Lakota people don't need this they are guardians of the land.
They did a great job. 👍
Too bad, you got it.
Tell that to the chief that wanted it there haha
Viendo la maqueta y el tamaño del proyecto es fácil entender que es demasiado titánico, demasiado ambicioso, no creo que lleguen a terminarlo nunca, se necesitaría demasiada fe para que las muchas generaciones que se requieren para terminarlo, puedan sentirse motivados para seguir con el trabajo, pero así como está ya es bastante impresionante 😁😁😁
Exactly what Crazy Horse would not want,...
I remember seeing this probably a decade ago and I check back every few years to see how it is making out
I live in the UK it will probably be the first and last time for me to visit
💯💯👍 Great Respect and Love 💯
Crazy Horse wouldn't have wanted this he was a man of the earth a Lakota Oyate.
No known authentic pictures of Crazy Horse, but they did capture the classic Siouan nose. Love it!
The Sioux stole that land from the Cheyenne.
I support this. As a kid I had an idea to make a colossal statue of me sitting, thinking in the backyard of my house to make sure my family would never sell it. Also to leave it to future civilization to wonder who I was
I hope they finish it !
Потрясающе! С приветом из России!
Saúde paz e Harmonia povos ancestrais nos deixam essa esperança!!!
Amazing vision 💥
good preview overlaying the statue over the mountain. It gives us an impression of the scale of the mountain-sculpture. Wonderful!
There seems to be some progress recently, as shown in another youtube video.
I sure hope this sculpture can be completed...
GOING IN JULY, COLORADO IS BEAUTIFUL
Well then make sure you stop in South Dakota, where the sculpture is...
Sure take their time.
I wonder. Would the family accept help from outsiders to help them finish so they can ENJOY the fruits of their labor.
Megan Yates maybe you could drop a letter or email, phone them yourself...bet they would appreciate it
@@elizsantos2000 Be very grateful my mother taught me to respect my elders...
@@meganyates1762Why? She said nothing wrong, ill, or in a bad way.
People donate to the project daily.
We donate every month.
I wonder how far along it will be when the Basilica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, under construction for over 150 years, is finally completed in June of 2026, the centennial of the death of Antoni Gaudí.
Why is Bobby talking about Spain?
I hope it progresses well, and the monument is finished
Saman I see and hear sits at my side when I close my eyes at night
Heaven sees cause I see them I see him so much more than Giant he came out the moon to me
My mom and heart an soul misses all of them
Great!!!
I went to see 👀 this in 2000 and 2001 and 2002 it was really nice to see this I am hoping to go back there to see what it looks like now 😎
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Un gran lider de los pueblos originarios de America.
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Cool.
And it will be finished in about the time it takes for all the stone to erode away
My opinion is that this a thousand years from now archaeologists will conclude that this is a naturally formed " concretion "
karl partridge no that's about when they'll be finishing it lol
Karl Partridge Lol, you know you're probably right... So, the family needs to put their signature on it, somehow, in a specific place in a way that can't be erased..... Oh! Like, the story the children were telling..."Moma said she wanted an Indian coming out of a mountain. So Daddy began it and we finished it, all for you Moma."
Is true....così come a Casamarca in Perù per esempio,e in tanti altri luoghi nel mondo dove i profili di montagna sembrano facce di antichi giganti..in Nord Italia One Mountain face il sole fa da occhio all alba del primo maggio ...fenomeno conosciuto prima del tempo dei romani....2000anni a,c.
Put it in his nostril. No erosion from water. And the nose is already finished
I would like to volunteer my free time. Im in Canada but would trade my vacation time to come help in which ever way possible. I just need food and sleep.
I hope. Someday they can finish this
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Chief Crazy Horse sculpture update
The best
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So so beautiful. You are very 😍
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We owe it to all Americans to finish this
les native méritent bien un tel travail , mais ce n'est pas l'état américain , qui les a spoliés qui le fait , courage a ces créateurs
beautiful, but i wonder, is the rock really stable enough to carry that arm? o.O
When I was there just the tunnel and the arm was roughed out.
Take my Ashes to Crazyhorse
There are very few works of humans that I respect. This is one of them. Actually, at the moment, I can't even think of a 2nd one..... After minutes of thought, there is Dian Fossey understanding and protecting the mountain gorillas. I am not sure there is even a 3rd good thing humans have ever done. That is about the sum total value of humans. The bad things humans have done...that list is without end.
Tomahawk in the BACK !!! ooooh Yay
Stuck with a bayonet by his own red brother.
This monument should of been finish that's the least the government can do for the American Indians,,,I can't believe still not finish!!! But before I die I will visit this precious part of history,, because of at least to show respect!Damm I can't believe this is not finish I wish there was somebody out there famous that put it out there in media,,,and people can help pitch in to help get it finish!!!
400 more years 2022
If the United States does anything finish crazy horse now
At the time construction started in 1948, the artist estimated the work would be complete in 30 years. As of 2022, there was no timeline for when the monument would be completed; however, the hand, arm, shoulder, hairline, and top of the horse's head were estimated to be finished by 2037.
On 3rd June 1948 Ziolkowski made the first blast and construction started. Since then work has been slow as Ziolkowski worked on the project mainly solo and refused to accept any government grants, thinking that if he did, he would no longer have complete control over the monument.
Should have had Michelangelo carve it.
The face actually looks like Christopher Columbus. Nobody knows what crazy horse looked like.
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Is there any documentation that native Americans have contributed actual labor work on this sculpture ?
Just went there. Still unreal not 1/3rd done
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it wont ever be finished and I like it the way it is the face. Remember even Rushmore was not finished. To think that something like that can be finished would take a national effort of billions of dollars such as the landing on the moon concept. Not one person thinks all those details can ever be finished.
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With so many Native owned and run gambling establishments, they should be able to easily pay to complete this monument in a just a few years.
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I personally think they ruined a perfectly good mountain. But since they started they might as well finish.
passed through in 1982. the artist died 3 weeks later.
In the Word Of John Wayne " Thatll Be The Day "
I LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS I CRAZY ABOUT INDIANDS TURN TO JESUS TODAY AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SOMN CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN 1 JOHN 1-7
Is it an idee to sell bagger rock piches for menorial stone on grave Jarts
I was there in 1991 don’t look like much more has been completed
I take it a story in my school
That stone is too sheared to carve a horse into it. I'm afraid it may fail... :(
We wont be here to find out
2:47 '...three of her siblings continue to work on the project...'
Do you mean 1 son and 2 daughters
Or
1 daughter and 2 sons
Or
3 daughters
Or
3 sons?
well, siblings would be brothers and sisters?
It'll never get finished
No one alive today will see it finished.
Crazy Horse couldn't carry Custer's jock strap.
Custer was a disgusting racist piece of shit, who was humiliated in his last stand. What a worthless scumbag of a soul. Rotting in hell. I spit on his life, I piss on his grave.
👍..saluti dall'Italia,❤👍
Greetings from.Italy❤👋
I love Native Americans!!
...maybe the president could
help them! ..even the ex !!
( Trump)
It would be great if they finish it!!!!
But it will never get finished because the family has no plans on finishing it. The family is just collecting donations and they have a gift shop. That is how they are making money for themselves. None of the money is going towards finishing the crazy horse statue.
They set off dynamite ever so often just to make it seem that they are still working on the statue. It would take a rich person to purchase the project from the family and finish it.
U have no idea what ur talking about. Post again when u do!
you wont be " at the rate there going it should be finished in 5000 years or so
I would go for 150 years but we will never know
PHOTO OF CHIEF CRAZY HORSE
Reportedly, no image in photograph, painting or sketch was ever made of Chief Crazy Horse (c. 1840 - September 5, 1877) , son of Chief Crazy Horse and grandson of Chief Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief and war leader.
[0:49] Image of a studio portrait of an American Indian with the caption: "1877 Chief Crazy Horse" with no credit of the source or provenance of the image. In 1877, Chief Crazy Horse would have been about 37 years old.
But is the horse real?
Sculpted on the nose of a dead petrified titan
They Murdered Him & it was of his own skin ....................... Nuff SED
From a structural point of view, I'm not 100% with the image of the final version, that arm will crack and snap.
Your may right, but I hope not.
People, just be glad it already have a face.
Who am I kidding, I want to see it completed too. hehe
looks like a manpower issue, maybe they should ask Native Americans to join in the project
MT RUSHMORE took 14yrs--- CRAZY HORSE is 20 times bigger
14x20 =280 yrs
*"...preserve the culture, heritage and living heritage of the North American Indians." Meanwhile, school districts and others are erasing noble Indian heritage by forbidding admired team nicknames like Indians, warriors, braves, chiefs etc.!*
This is the only monument that should be finished by everyone in the course of healing and land give back to the Indians they have suffered the most under white men and still do to day.
shut up
Fed government should put a billion, finish the Horse
why not a trillion? funny money
They (native americans) don't trust the feds, they never finished Mt Everest as promised.
Government has offered $millions, but they refuse it.
I heard they offered the money so they they can get the land for other purposes.....and the Natives refused....
@@deepspire Well knowing the govt, if they did take fed monies, there would surely be audits and flow charts to monitor production. It would be the end of a cash cow.
I hope that the body and horse are not stylised as this will spoil the detailed and regal portrait.
I don't think any of us will be unless we live another 100 or so years
This place is a tourist trap. I went there with my folks in the 1960's and they haven't gotten much further since then. It looks almost exactly the same as the 1960's. Great scam though. You blast some of the rock away and then wait for the tourist to come. Every once in a while, you blow up some more rock and people think you actually intend to finish it.
The government offered to finish it but had to many rules on how the money would be spend on the project and it was turned down ,I don’t blame them them they want to tell u what or how they want it ,no government control they want to be in charge 😂😂😂like if it is there’s,that why Mount Rushmore would not take money from the government ,they did it on donations?❤
Can Elon Musk help out as a donation instead of paying it to the IRS?
Elon!! HELP!! The Lakota Sioux owned that land until they were forcibly removed to live on reservations. 🙏
The outstretched left arm makes this sculpture look silly and makes construction overly-complicated and slow. I believe that's why this project has barely progressed since I visited in 1990. If it were redesigned to have the left arm touching the torso and horse, it could be completed more easily.