Crazy Horse progeny confront Paris club

PARIS – Descendants of the native American warrior Crazy Horse want a change in the famed Paris strip club named after him.

Alfred Red Cloud, a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe, delivered a letter Saturday to the operators of the Crazy Horse saloon asking them to change the club’s name.

“The name is a sacred name to our people. Nobody uses that name back home – even our own people,” Red Cloud told reporters outside the posh club, located near the Champs-Elysees.

“I’m not trying to close the establishment down, I just want the name changed,” he said.

The Crazy Horse Paris was established in 1951 and is well-known for adult entertainment. The Oglala Sioux warrior fought against the U.S. military in the 1800s.

The letter was from Harvey White Woman, a descendant of Crazy Horse and an executor of his estate. “I want the young people of my tribe to remember him as a strong leader and warrior and not some nightclub in Paris,” the letter said.

The letter did not threaten legal action, but Red Cloud said that relatives of the warrior were prepared to do “whatever it takes” to get the name change. “Maybe with other chiefs, maybe attorneys.”