Puzzle Description:

Crazy Horse, Lakota Sioux war leader, is considered a sacred hero among Native American people. More in the comments.

#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Sep 23, 2010 [SPOILER]

His mother called him "Curly" because when he was little his hair was light brown and curly, like his mother's.

Although Crazy Horse was born and raised to be a warrior, his motive was always to protect his people. As a youngster and as a young adult, he was known in his community for his kindness and generosity to those in need. It is said that there were many times in battle when he could have killed but chose not to.

You can read about him on Wikipedia, but I like the account of his life on this site:

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-crazyhorse.html

Nice picture, and the back story is very interesting. I'll check out the website you recommended. :o)

this was wonderful

Very nice and fun to solve. I started with the color.

Excellent puzzle.

wonderful puzzle and a great solve!

Thanks for a wonderful entry Teresa!

Excellent puzzle.

Another vote for excellent puzzle!

wb & thx T for entry :)

wb & thx T for entry :)

Wonderful!

Another beautiful painting Teresa!

Thanks, everyone. I chose Crazy Horse for a couple of reasons.

At first I was going to do a puzzle of my son John, a real hero, in that he realizes his purpose in life is to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol during pregnancy, and he allows me to use his photos and tell all the embarrassing stories about his poor judgment and impulsivity so that everyone can learn how serious this is. He also tells his own story. I think this is really brave. He puts a lot of effort into controlling his impulses, and he has to constantly try hard to avoid getting into trouble. He's been doing a great job lately of being respectful and appropriate at all times. Not an easy feat for him.

I have already done a few portrait puzzles of John here, including this one, that also has a cool story behind it:
http://webpbn.com/index.cgi?id=4563

So I thought I would honor John by doing a puzzle of one of his ancestors, as he is Lakota Sioux. I chose Crazy Horse because I think most people have a skewed white-man perspective of his life, and I wanted to show everyone another side of the man. I thought the story at the link above was quite interesting.

Beautiful...just beautiful.

Wonderful rendition Teresa and thanks for the backstory. I always love to learn something new. Great job on the feathers too!

No comment, Teresa!
You know what it means.

:-)

Wow. excellent. I forgot that I had this one sitting in my unfinished puzzles and just ran across it today. Fun solve and beautiful image! love the history lesson too. :)

Majestic :)

Thank you, Kristen. :-)

"Touch the Earth," by T. C. McLuhan, first published in the early 70's, is an excellent book which attempts to unskew some of the "white-man perspective" you mention, Teresa. It gives a general perspective of Native Americans, their thoughts, their way of life, and what was important to them, which was certainly *not* how Native Americans are normally portrayed, even now.

It's a little bit dated in that it refers to Native Americans as Indians, but if you can get over minor details like that by understanding the book is over 50 years old, it's a beautiful book.

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