School will continue using Fighting Sioux nickname - CNN.com
looks like they get to keep their name.
Personally, I think that's a bunch of BS that the NCAA is trying to pull.
From what I am told from a donor up at UND, the tribe wants them to keep their name, and the AD didn't really do anything to support the tribe.
First they are
Lakota tribes, not Sioux, even though everyone calls them Sioux.
I am somewhat familiar with this fight. The article is somewhat misleading as there are two tribes in ND. The first one, Spirit Lake tribe, all voted as a nation, to let the U of ND continue using the name. The other tribe, Standing Rock is being held hostage by the tribal council, which won't let a whole tribal vote be held. THEY APPEAR TO WANT MORE MONEY TO BE GIVEN TO THE TRIBAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
The school is being held hostage by this tribe. Approval by BOTH tribes is required to continue to use the FIGHTING SIOUX name., just like the Florida Seminoles do.
Both tribes receive a totally free education at UND.
I have a good friend, who has lived in Grand forks, ND area for over 30 yrs and has kept me informed of the whole sad story. He and I have been to BB and Hockey games there. If you think the ISU-IOWA football game is big, you ought to see the rivalry of the UND-Minnesota hockey games. Two hockey games at each site sometimes twice a year.
I made the mistake of saying I would come up to see a men's hockey game against Minn, the same day Bobby Knight brought his first Texas Tech team to Ames. I had already seen a women's hockey game up there on a previous visit and was told the rivalry between Minn and UND was huge. IT WAS. The FULL plane from Minneapolis to Grand Forks on Thursday before the Friday and Saturday games were all Minn hockey fans. The series was a sellout in a better than pro hockey arena, built by a big deceased donor. He was alive when the bruhaha started over the FIGHTING SIOUX name started and made sure the the words FIGHTING SIOUX are everywhere. IN THE SIGNS, IN THE FLOOR TILE, IN THE WALL TILES, ANYWHERE YOU LOOKED.
We got tickets from a friend who worked at the airport and had connections, but only for one of the two nights as they are very expensive and in high demand. The teams split this weekend series and played another series later in the season in Minn.
