Descendants want to strip club of name

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 said.

The nightclub was established in 1951 and is well-known for adult entertainment. The warrior fought the U.S. military in the 1800s.

"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, written by a descendant of Crazy Horse, 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.

Jacques Asplanato, a club manager, received the letter but did not read it. He said he would pass it on to the club's operators.

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