CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL | SOUTH DAKOTA

His Horse Is Crazy!

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL | SOUTH DAKOTA

WORDS BY JONAS LARSSON | PHOTO BY ANDERS BERGERSEN Crazy Horse, or Thašúnke Witkó by name, was one of the major Lakota leaders and warriors during the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. Unafraid, he led a full-frontal attack against General Custer’s forces at the battle of Little Big Horn. He later died during an escape attempt after he and his warriors had surrendered prisoner to soldiers in Nebraska. Not too long ago, a gigantic memorial began construction to honor his memory in South Dakota, which will eventually be bigger than the neighboring Presidential memorial of Mount Rushmore. ‘Crazy Horse’ is actually a bad translation, a corruption of his real 19 name, which would in fact be more along the lines of, ‘His Horse Is Crazy’.