Native American Day Celebration
at Crazy Horse Memorial

Oct. 11th

South Dakota is the only state in the union that celebrates Native American Day. In every other state, the day is observed as Columbus Day.

Crazy Horse Memorial is a work in progress, a mountain carving begun in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and continued by his wife and family after his death in 1982. The Memorial includes the Native American Educational & Cultural Center (dedicated at the 1996 Native American Day celebration), the sculptor's log-studio home, the Indian Museum of North America, sculpture and galleries, as well as a 40,000-square-foot Welcome Center.

The Native American Day celebration at Crazy Horse each year includes an educational program for the public, Native American singers, dancers, artists and storytellers, hands-on activities for children, a blast on the mountain carving (weather permitting) and a free buffalo stew lunch for all visitors.