30-ft tall Smokey Bear wood sculpture at Dahl's Chainsaw Art, Hill City, South Dakota. I met a nice couple, Dan and Wendy, who are running the shop. They are living in a Dodge van and putting money in the bank so they can buy a school bus and convert it.
30-ft tall Smokey Bear wood sculpture at Dahl's Chainsaw Art, Hill City, South Dakota.
Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
Stan (Tyrannosaurus rex) at Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
Patrick Kane with Stan (Tyrannosaurus rex) at Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
A giant sea turtle (archelon ischyros) and Puntledge river elasmosaur at Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
An Emmy and Black Hills Film Festival People's Choice Award for Dinosaur 13 at Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
Triceratops at Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
Saber-toothed cat (Xenosmilus hodsonae), Pleistocene, Florida. Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
Mosasaur, Marine reptile (Tylosaurus proriger), Santonian, Late Cretaceous, Niobrara Formation, Kansas, original fossil. Black Hills Institute, Hill City, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
The Crazy Horse Memorial monument has been in progress since 1948 and is far from completion. If completed as designed, it will become the world's second tallest statue, after the Statue of Unity in India. The sculpture's final dimensions are planned to be 641 feet (195 m) long and 563 feet (172 m) high. The arm of Crazy Horse will be 263 feet (80 m) long and the head 87 feet (27 m) high; by comparison, the heads of the four U.S. Presidents at Mount Rushmore are each 60 feet (18 m) high. Crazy Horse, South Dakota
Note the painted outline for the horse's head on the Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
This 1/300th scale model for the Crazy Horse Memorial was carved by Korczak Ziolkowski in 1946. Crazy Horse Memorial is to be carved not so much as a lineal likeness, but more as a memorial to the spirit of Crazy Horse--to his people. With his left hand thrown out pointing in answer to the derisive question asked by a white man, "Where are your lands now?" he replied, "My lands are where my dead lie buried." Crazy Horse, South Dakota
Kevin Locke (Hunkpapa Lakota) performing at Crazy Horse Memorial. Tokeya Inajin is his Lakota name, meaning "The First to Arise." He is known throughout the world as a visionary Hoop Dancer, preeminent player of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator. Crazy Horse, South Dakota
"Mother Earth's Sentinel," by Daniel Long Soldier, Oglala Lakota, Acrylic on Canvas. Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
Clay vase made by Carlin, Cedar Mesa, Utah. Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
Clay pottery made by Jerry Whitethorne, Navajo, 1994. Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
Birch Bark Canoe made by Larry Godfrey, Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa. This handmade birch bark canoe is sealed with pine pitch and treated with bear grease in order to hold out water. The wood is treated with ash for color, and hand burnt with decorative finials at the bow and stern. The canoe has a hand carved paddle with burnt inlay designs. Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
"When Buffalo Return," by Del Iron Cloud, Hunkpapa Lakota. Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota
