A Hike to Crazy Horse Stirs Patriotism and Doubt

A Hike to Crazy Horse Stirs Patriotism and Doubt

Under dark skies at six o’clock on a recent morning, headlights began streaming into the Crazy Horse Memorial complex near Custer, S.D. Once the sun was above the Black Hills, the first wave of hikers, more than 1,000 people, strode past a welcome banner. As they wended toward the summit of Thunderhead Mountain, they paused now and then to gaze up at the enormous face carved into the granite more than six thousand feet above sea level. Emerging …