The Crazy Horse Memorial® will host the first-annual Tatanka Day on Sept. 28, 2024, to coincide with the Buffalo Round-Up weekend in Custer State Park. Through several public programs, visitors will be able to explore the importance of the buffalo within everyday life and wider culture through the perspectives of the peoples of the plains. The Indian Museum of North America® at Crazy Horse Memorial® in conjunction with regional artists, storytellers, and performers will present 3 distinct educational and entertaining programs throughout the complex alongside Daily Performances. All-day (10:00am-5:00pm) programs include: Buffalo Box presented by Mike Lammers (Oglala Lakota) which showcases the various, diverse, and essential uses of the buffalo. Tipi construction and storytelling presented by Darrell Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota) to highlight the how and why of the Tatanka Oyate’s mobility throughout the seasons. Special performances by local Buffalo Dancers MJ Bull Bear and family will take place on the Veranda Stage at 12:30, 2:30, and 4:30pm alongside daily performances by Jessie Rencountre at 11:30, 1:30, and 3:30pm. Visitors will also be encouraged to visit the Exhibit of the American Bison located in the Native American Educational and Cultural Center® and the temporary exhibit Art of the Buffalo located in the Welcome Center of the Museum. Sunday, Sept. 29 will be the annual fall Crazy Horse Memorial® Volksmarch. The Annual Crazy Horse Memorial® Volksmarch is the most popular organized hike in the United States with 15,000 participants in a record year. Thanks to an overwhelmingly positive response in 2023, the 5k and 10k route options will remain available to hikers.  Hikers follow dirt trails and gravel roads up to the Crazy Horse Mountain Carving before getting the chance to examine the Carving up close, including Crazy Horse’s nine story-high Face and extended Hand. This family event is sponsored by the Black Hills Chapter of the American Volkssport Association (AVA) and hosted by Crazy Horse Memorial®. In memory of the late Ruth Ziolkowski, admission to the Memorial for hikers will continue to be waived with a donation of three canned food items for the KOTA Territory Care & Share Food Drive; discounted admission for hikers without the food donation, and regular admission still applies for non-participants. Hike participants pay the American Volkssport Association’s registration fee of $4 per person, regardless of age. Parking is free, with courtesy shuttle buses operating between the outlying parking lots and the start-finish area. Advanced registration is not available; gates open at 6:00am, registration begins at 7:00am at the starting point in the Memorial’s upper parking area and ends at 1:00pm. The hike itself starts at 8:00am and all hikers must be off the trail by 4:00pm. There are no late starts. Laughing Water Restaurant will be open for a breakfast buffet from 6:00am -10:00am.  Water stations and port-a-potties will be located along the trail for your convenience. . For more information, please visit www.crazyhorsememorial.org and follow Crazy Horse Memorial® on all social media and/or contact Amanda Allcock at 605-673-4681 or email [email protected].