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Monument carved into the rock . This is an unfinished Memorial dedicated to the memory of an Indian chief and warrior from the Oglala tribe, known as Thašunke Witko - Crazy Horse.

Black Hills Indian Chief Memorial

The Crazy Horse Memorial was carved from a in the world. In 1948, work on this grandiose project was begun by the American sculptor of Polish origin Korczak Ziółkowski. According to his plan, the finished sculpture of the leader was to be 172 meters high and 195 meters wide. However, in 1982, the sculptor died, so the monument remained unfinished.

Black Hills Indian Chief Memorial

Guest post by Dylan Gaffney, Information Services whatsapp number database for Local History & Special Collections, Forbes Library.

This post is part of a series written by members of the Community Webs program. Community Webs advances the capacity for community-focused memory organizations to build web and digital archives documenting local histories and underrepresented voices. For more information, visit communitywebs.archive-it.org.

Forbes Library has been a member of Community Webs since its inception in 2017. At that time, we were hopeful that the program would allow us to create an archive which more fully represented the community in which we live, and provide a more diverse history/record of our region and the people we serve. This project inspired archives staff to examine the many silences in our archives, and make plans for the ethical collection and preservation of materials that would help fill in these gaps in our historical record. At the same time, the library had begun to shift its focus toward collaboration with other local historical and community organizations.