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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 371

Expressing the sense of the Senate that a commemorative postage stamp

should be issued to honor sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 12 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.

CONRAD, and Mr. REID) submitted the following resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

OCTOBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Committee discharged; considered, amended, and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate 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 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
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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 sculpturing 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 carvingin-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
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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

1 Resolved, That—

2 (1) the Senate 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 Senate that the Citi15 zens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend

16 to the Postmaster General that a commemorative

17 postage stamp be issued in honor of sculptor

18 Korczak Ziolkowski and the Crazy Horse Memorial
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1 for the 20th anniversary of his death, October 20,

2 2002.

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