CRAZY HORSE, S.D. – In a winter project in 1972-1973, acclaimed mountain sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and his sons built a museum that would partially tell the story of all American Indians.
Now, in the spring of 2000, a new display area for a portion of the 50,000-plus artifacts held by the Indian Museum of North America at Crazy Horse Memorial will be housed in a prominent location for public viewing. What was to be a corridor between a new orientation center and the main complex at Crazy Horse was expanded to become an addition to the museum.
“This wing is positioned so it will serve as an impressive new entrance to the three galleries of the Indian Museum of North America,” said Ruth Ziolkowski, chairwoman of the board of Crazy Horse Foundation.
“Having it means that we will redisplay virtually the entire museum collection so the new gallery can become the Lakota Wing.”
The wing was not planned in the original concept of the orientation center, but as the directors watched early construction, it was decided to enlarge the wing to fit the museum’s needs, Ziolkowski said.
