[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 135 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING SCULPTOR KORCZAK ZIOLKOWSKI

  On October 24, 2000, the Senate amended and passed S. Res. 371, as 
follows:

                              S. Res. 371

       Whereas Korczak Ziolkowski was born in Boston, 
     Massachusetts on September 6, 1908, the 31st anniversary of 
     the death of Lakota Sioux leader Crazy Horse;
       Whereas, although never trained in art or sculpture, 
     Korczak Ziolkowski began a successful studio career in New 
     England as a commissioned sculptor at age 24;
       Whereas Korczak Ziolkowski's marble sculpture of composer 
     and Polish leader Ignace Jan Paderewski won first prize at 
     the 1939 New York World's Fair and prompted Lakota Indian 
     Chiefs to invite Ziolkowski to carve a memorial for Native 
     Americans;
       Whereas in his invitation letter to Korczak Ziolkowski, 
     Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote: ``My fellow chiefs and I 
     would like the white man to know that the red man has great 
     heroes, too.'';
       Whereas in 1939, Korczak Ziolkowski assisted Gutzon Borglum 
     in carving Mount Rushmore;
       Whereas in 1941, Korczak Ziolkowski met with Chief Henry 
     Standing Bear who taught Korczak more about the life of the 
     brave Sioux leader Crazy Horse;
       Whereas at the age of 34, Korczak Ziolkowski temporarily 
     put his sculpting career aside when he volunteered for 
     service in World War II, later landing on Omaha Beach;
       Whereas after the war, Korczak Ziolkowski turned down other 
     sculpting opportunities in order to accept the invitation of 
     Chief Henry Standing Bear and dedicate the rest of his life 
     to carving the Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of 
     South Dakota;
       Whereas on June 3, 1948, when work was begun on the Crazy 
     Horse Memorial, Korczak Ziolkowski vowed that the memorial 
     would be a nonprofit educational and cultural project, 
     financed solely through private, nongovernmental sources, to 
     honor the Native Americans of North America;
       Whereas the Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain carving-in-
     progress, and once completed it will be the largest sculpture 
     in the world;
       Whereas since his death on October 20, 1982, Korczak's wife 
     Ruth, the Ziolkowski family, and the Crazy Horse Memorial 
     Foundation have continued to work on the Memorial and to 
     continue the dream of Korczak Ziolkowski and Chief Henry 
     Standing Bear; and
       Whereas on June 3, 1998, the Memorial entered its second 
     half century of progress and heralded a new era of work on 
     the mountain with the completion and dedication of the face 
     of Crazy Horse: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That
       (1) the Senate recognizes--
       (A) the admirable efforts of the late Korczak Ziolkowski in 
     designing and creating the Crazy Horse Memorial;
       (B) that the Crazy Horse Memorial represents all North 
     American Indian tribes, and the noble goal of reconciliation 
     between peoples; and
       (C) that the creation of the Crazy Horse Memorial, from its 
     inception, has been accomplished through private sources and 
     without any Federal funding; and
       (2) it is the sense of the Senate that the Citizens' Stamp 
     Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
     that a commemorative postage stamp be issued in honor of 
     sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and the Crazy Horse Memorial for 
     the 20th anniversary of his death, October 20, 2002.

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