According to the Black Hills News Bureau "South Dakota's 18th annual Native American Day celebration yesterday at Crazy Horse Memorial featured a traveling high-tech classroom and opportunities to experience Native culture." The SD Legislature established the holiday in 1989.
He Who Must Be Obeyed knew Korczak Ziolkowski, as he loaded dynamite into his pick up for him; the dynamite in the back, the blasting caps and primeacord, to set it off, in the glove box in the cab.
During his School Of Mines and Technology days, he worked at a variety of jobs, as he was one of the students 'working their way through college.' One of his jobs was for a specialty building supply company. J.S. Kibben, the owner, was blind, and HWMBO was at times Mr. Kibben's right hand, so to speak. One of his tasks was to off load dynamite from semi tractor-trailer trucks into the dynamite magazine at a quarry, north of town. When colorful Ziolkowski came to Rapid City with a fist full of five dollar bills for dynamite to blast rock off his mountain, it was HWMBO who loaded his pickup.
"Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski started carving Crazy Horse Memorial in 1948. His wife, Ruth, and seven members of their family have continued the work since his death in 1982. His tomb is near the foot of the mountain carving.
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