Chronicles the life of Crazy Horse, the military leader of the Oglala Sioux, discussing his struggle against the U.S. government, relationship with his people, and personality.

Dynamite & dreams, the film shown at the Crazy Horse Memorial visitor center, features Korczak Ziolkowski discussing his life and work, and why he dedicated his life to carving Crazy Horse. Also featured is a tour of the visitor complex, and its collections of Lakota artifacts and examples of Ziolkowski's other works.

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Band of Brothers: The biography of two fighters forever linked by history and the battle at Little Bighorn.
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever...

Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend. This book corrects older, idealized accounts, and draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographies, to show the real Crazy Horse: not the brash Sioux warrior we have come to expect, but a modest, reflective...

"Chasing Crazy Horse is a two-part examination of the tragedy of the Lakota and their tribal allies in the struggle to keep their identity and freedom, first in the wars of the 19th century, and then after the massacre at Wounded Knee on the reservations. Although the book contains many elements of defeat and despair, the resiliency and desire of the Lakota Oyate also shine through." -- Cover.

A biography of the Oglala Sioux who helped defeat Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.