I was going through our library of images for a new DVD project I'm working on and came across some pics taken at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota.  Normally, I don't do the "tourist thing" during the Sturgis rally,  but there are a couple of places I routinely visit.  One of them is the Crazy Horse Memorial.  I enjoy going there each year to see the progress on the sculpture.  It's quite a site and if you haven't seen the film about the making of the memorial, you should see it.  The whole experience is pretty inspirational - not only the Crazy Horse story but also the story of the man who started the whole project Korczak Ziółkowski.  Mr. Ziółkowski (and now the family foundation) refuse to take any money from the government to aid in the project.  Essentially, they don't want the government coming in and screwing it up by putting their own "spin" on the project.  He (they) envisioned a project beyond just a sculpture and one that would provide educational and cultural experiences for the larger population.  Of course, with government financing comes government obligations and they feared that with government financing, the government would abandon these larger goals.  Crazy Horse too resisted the US government which eventually lead to his death in 1877, but not before he had established himself and one of fiercest (and deadliest) opponents to the US government.  He gave his life for the preservation of his culture.  Both men are symbols of resistence and independence and, think about it, isn't that what the real biker culture is all about?  I encourage everyone to visit the memorial during the rally.  For the price of one beer in Sturgis, you can support the memory of two men who share a strong kinship with bikers.