May 14, 2009

Board votes to drop "Fighting Sioux"

UND's Fighting Sioux nickname headed for dustbin

By Dale WetzelNorth Dakota's Board of Higher Education has agreed to drop the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo, a move intended to resolve a decades-long campus dispute about whether the name demeans American Indians.

The name and logo, which is a profile of an American Indian man with feathers and streaks of paint on his face, could still be saved if North Dakota's Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux tribes agree by Oct. 1 to give UND permission to use them for at least 30 years.

However, tribal officials say that possibility is remote, and board members and UND President Robert Kelley spoke of the logo and nickname in the past tense on Thursday. Unless the name and logo receive tribal endorsement, they will be retired for good on Aug. 1, 2010.

The board, which met Thursday at Dickinson State University, voted 8-0 to retire the logo and nickname.
Comment:  Another major mascot bites the dust. The "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo are about to join Chief Illiniwek on the scrap heap of history. Great news for those of us who oppose Native stereotypes.

For more on the subject, see Team Names and Mascots.

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