Others have maintained reservations about a non-Lakota sculptor’s authority to represent a Lakota leader at monumental scale on land that is itself contested.

Both responses are legitimate.

The complexity of how Crazy Horse is remembered — including the burial mystery — is part of his legacy.

The Question That Will Outlast This Article

This article will be read, shared, perhaps discussed, and eventually forgotten in the way that most writing is.

The burial mystery will not be resolved by this or any other article.

The question itself — where does Crazy Horse rest? — will outlast this writing.

It will be asked by people not yet born, in contexts that are difficult to anticipate.