February 23, 2001

A Battle Over a Name in the Land of the Sioux

By ANDREW BROWNSTEIN

A controversy over a mascot at the U. of North Dakota turned surreal when a benefactor threatened to withdraw $100-million

The message came in March, when winter lingers and the frost still covers the silent prairie that surrounds the University of North Dakota.

The sender was anonymous. The recipient was Ira Taken Alive, a former student at the

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