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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 482 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative 

postage stamp should be issued to honor sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2005 

Ms. HERSETH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to 

honor sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski. 

Whereas Korczak Ziolkowski was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 6, 1908, the 31st anniversary of the 

death of Lakota 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; 
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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, also.’’; 

Whereas in 1939, Korczak Ziolkowski assisted Gutzon 

Borglum for a brief time in carving Mount Rushmore; 

Whereas in 1941, Korczak Ziolkowski met with Chief Henry 

Standing Bear, who taught Ziolkowski more about the 

life of the brave Lakota leader, Crazy Horse; 

Whereas at the age of 34, Korczak Ziolkowski temporarily 

put his sculpturing career aside when he volunteered for 

service in World War II, later landing on Omaha Beach 

in Normandy, France; 

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 carvingin-progress, and, once completed, will be the largest 

sculpture in the world; 

Whereas since the death of Korczak Ziolkowski on October 

20, 1982, his wife Ruth, the Ziolkowski family, and the 

Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation have continued to 

work on the Memorial and to pursue the dream shared 
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by 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 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives recognizes— 

3 (A) the admirable efforts of the late 

4 Korczak Ziolkowski in designing and creating 

5 the Crazy Horse Memorial; 

6 (B) that the Crazy Horse Memorial rep7 resents all North American Indian tribes and 

8 the noble goal of reconciliation between peoples; 

9 and 

10 (C) that the creation of the Crazy Horse 

11 Memorial, from its inception, has been accom12 plished through private sources and without any 

13 Federal funding; and 

14 (2) it is the sense of the House of Representa15 tives that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

16 should recommend to the Postmaster General that a 

17 commemorative postage stamp be issued in honor of 

18 sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and the Crazy Horse 
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1 Memorial, commemorating the 100th birthday of 

2 Korczak Ziolkowski. 

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