The Mystery Of Crazy Horse’s Final Resting Place — And The Search For The Lost Burial Site
The Argument For Leaving It Unknown
There is an argument — made by some Lakota scholars, community members, and allies — that the search for Crazy Horse’s burial site should be abandoned not because it is impossible but because it is inappropriate.
The argument runs something like this: Crazy Horse’s family made a deliberate decision to protect his burial site from outside knowledge.
That decision reflected a sophisticated understanding of the ways in which his remains could be violated, commodified, or turned into a spectacle.
The protective intention was clear.
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