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Article: CRAZY HORSE MALT LIQUOR BAN CHALLENGED BY BREWER
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- The Circle
- Article date:
- November 30, 1994
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Mordecai Specktor
Circle, The
11-30-1994
CRAZY HORSE MALT LIQUOR BAN CHALLENGED BY BREWER.
Tasunke Witko, a.k.a. Crazy Horse, was a medicine man, an implacable enemy of the United States, and a brilliant guerrilla fighter. However, times change and yesterday's foe becomes today's marketing opportunity; the name of the legendary Oglala Lakota chief is now popularized on bottles of malt liquor.
This ploy doesn't sit well with Tasunke Witko's descendants and other Native Americans, who say that associating Crazy Horse with liquor is a sacrilege. The 1994 Minnesota Legislature heard their concerns and passed a law that essentially bans the sale of Crazy Horse Malt Liquor in the state, However, ...