21 Apr, 11
Article Source Area businesses in the visitor industry say they’re looking to hire more seasonal help this year than last, optimistic that tourist traffic and spending will increase again this summer. Prairie Berry Winery plans to hire 60 employees, compared to about 50 last year, HR manager Darcy Sales said. They’re holding a hiring open [...]
12 Oct, 10
As parts of the USA mark Native American Day the BBC has been getting a close up look at the sculpture that could one day eclipse the faces of American presidents at Mount Rushmore. For more than 60 years workers have been painstakingly carving the shape of Chief Crazy Horse on a mountain in South [...]
21 Jun, 10
Article Source Native American and cowboy cultures shared the spotlight at Crazy Horse Memorial. The memorial celebrated the 20th anniversary of its popular package deal: The Crazy Horse Stampede Rodeo and Gift from Mother Earth. Anne Ziolkowski, director of the memorial’s museum and rodeo, created the art show to complement the rodeo. Dozens of artists [...]
11 Feb, 10
“The Lakota elders had a dream. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski had a vision. His family now has a mission.” So begins writer Bill Wagner’s story for the Record Searchlight of Redding, Calif., and the Scripps Howard News Service (see story here). A news reporter for 45 years, Wagner and some members of his family most recently [...]
17 Dec, 09
The Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, edition of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric spotlighted Crazy Horse Memorial as part of the network’s continuing “The American Spirit” series. Atlanta-based correspondent Mark Strassmann, producer Daniel Steinberger and photographer Max Stacy were at the Memorial for a day in November. They interviewed Memorial president and chief executive Ruth Ziolkowski [...]
16 Dec, 09
The Rapid City Journal reports that a new long-distance competition, the Run Crazy Horse marathon and half marathon, will be held next fall. Veteran marathon organizer Jerry Dunn of Spearfish is teaming with race director Emily Wheeler to organize the October run from Crazy Horse Memorial to Hill City. Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore National [...]
30 Nov, 09
By Barbara Soderlin Rapid City Journal staff CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL — Korczak Ziolkowski has been gone for 27 years now, and on the anniversary of his death, people bring flowers to his tomb. They walk up the gravel path, softened by damp moss and a mosaic of fallen aspen leaves, and shake hands with one [...]
3 Nov, 09
Editorial Board Argus Leader Almost 27 years to the day after Korczak Ziolkowski’s death, another layer of his plan for the Crazy Horse Memorial is unfolding. The site of his monumental sculpture is becoming a satellite educational affiliate of the University of South Dakota. It’s practically a perfect match of mission and location. The program [...]
2 Oct, 09
The mobile classroom, STARBASE Project NOVA, is back again this fall at Crazy Horse Memorial for another round of educational outreach. Project NOVA is sponsored by the South Dakota Air & Army National Guard and is part of the Department of Defense (DoD) Starbase initiative to help minority and rural students. NOVA is short for [...]
28 Aug, 09
5th annual Museum Day to be held Sept. 26 On Saturday, September 26, 2009 the Indian Museum of North America located at Crazy Horse Memorial will participate in the fifth annual Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine. Museum Day is a day when museums and cultural institutions nationwide open their doors free of charge to [...]
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