North Dakota Higher-Education Leaders Renew Battle Against ‘Fighting Sioux’

February 14, 2012, 4:55 am

North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education wants the state Supreme Court to depose the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname once and for all, the Grand Forks Herald reported. Voting on Monday—five days after events compelled the university to restore the moniker, despite possible repercussions from the NCAA—the board asked the state’s attorney general to seek a judgment from the Supreme Court invalidating a law that requires the university’s athletics teams to be known as the “Fighting Sioux.” The law was repealed in November, but it was reinstated last week after petitions were filed seeking a referendum on the repeal. The referendum is scheduled for June, but it would be canceled if the court finds the law to be unconstitutional.

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jffoster

Let the People arise and depose the Board of Higher Education.

Hoka, Hey!
douglassmo

While I succinctly dislike mascots, names or images that are inappropriate or offensive to society, I am more offended by the huge sums of money spent to fight over them. How many people could those monies have funded all the way through University or even professional schools such as law or medicine…People who could end up in positions to be effective in rectifying these issues at very little or no cost? I suppose the question is if the investment, the means, is worth the end if the objective can be gained in more productive, win-win, ways?
Geoz32

And yet, still nary a word about the “Fighting Irish.”
laker

Proud to (have) be(en) a Tomcat!
awegweiser

What nonsense is this waste of money and court time because some group is offended. Looking over the list of teams, I can find numerous names that would bother one group or another My own University is the “Fighting Scots” (Edinboro University of PA). Well in the past they were indeed known for being fierce in battle (as shown by Mel Gibson before he went looney) as was the Sioux. Will the Mighty Ducks or Toledo Mud Hens be next in court because poultry are offended?
Although I don’t really care, if I must site something that annoys me, it is that leering Indian logo. Cleveland?
jffoster

Amazing. and the NCAA (Noxious Conglomerate of Arrogant Assinines) lets Edinboro State get off Scot free!
hawkeye515

Unlike the Sioux, the Irish have a country (mostly) of their own.