UND Fighting Sioux to change name!

  • perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
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    May 15, 2009 at 4:37 pm #1262926

    http://www2.und.nodak.edu/our/news/story.php?id=2692

    what a crock this is!! besides, i would like to see them remove the 2500 sioux logo decorations in the Engelstad arena.

    Engelstad’s conditions for the hockey and basketball arena’s and all other multimillion dollar donations were that the name and logo stay indefinitely. it will be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out…

    gregmerz
    Minnetonka & Remer, MN
    Posts: 133
    May 15, 2009 at 4:40 pm #777037

    They are expected to reach agreement with the two tribes so that the name will endure. One of the tribes has already agreed.

    farmboy1
    Mantorville, MN
    Posts: 3668
    May 15, 2009 at 4:58 pm #777045

    I heard that the Englestad legacy was based on the old man enforcing the rule. He died, and his Heirs don’t care.

    Even if it does not change this year, it will happen eventually. Might as well get used to it. The University of North Dakota Howler Monkeys

    timmy
    Posts: 1960
    May 15, 2009 at 5:04 pm #777048

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    The University of North Dakota Howler Monkeys

    Awesome!!!

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
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    May 15, 2009 at 5:26 pm #777062

    I agree…Much of this stuff is provoked by meddlesome liberal “do gooders” with too much time on their hands…
    I am 1/4 Native American and know many other NAs that really just want to be AMERICANS… When will the “sins” of the past ever be set to rest??? If we keep reward/rename/restore every cultural group that has been wronged/offended by our govt (forever) we will eventually cease to exist as America…

    John Schultz
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    Portage, WI
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    May 15, 2009 at 6:20 pm #777083

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    The University of North Dakota Howler Monkeys

    Awesome!!!

    They could go back to their original name prior to being the fighting sioux, which was “The Flickertails”. Nothing more ominous than a happy squirrel flicking his tail.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
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    May 15, 2009 at 6:49 pm #777093

    EASY!!

    That will probably offend Ritter.

    Jami Ritter
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 3065
    May 15, 2009 at 6:59 pm #777097

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    EASY!!

    That will probably offend Ritter.

    Pick one and stay with it Kooty…. chipmunk or squirrel?

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    May 15, 2009 at 7:27 pm #777105

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    EASY!!

    That will probably offend Ritter.

    Pick one and stay with it Kooty…. chipmunk or squirrel?

    How ’bout chubby little groundhog.

    That must be what you look like rooting through Tuckner’s tacklebox looking for the right bait.

    fisherman-j
    Northern MN
    Posts: 323
    May 15, 2009 at 7:34 pm #777106

    I agree. It’s a sad day in an ever and ever beauraucratic and PC world. The recent tribal vote showed that a vast majority of Native Americans are in favor of the Fighting Sioux name. They are proud of the name usage and feel it helps them not to be forgotten. Leave it to the NCAA, that must have nothing else to do than turn overbearingly PC.

    Regarding the Ralph, it is an off-campus facility and would not have to follow the NCAA’s guidelines, but will probably remove some Sioux logos. The Ralph will not sit empty – UND has shown the documents to the public and there is no truth to the myths.

    Regarding a new nickname, I hope they go without a name for a few years – just “North Dakota.” Plus, I’d don’t think they’d stoop do a “rodent” nickname . . .

    Mocha
    Park Rapids
    Posts: 1452
    May 17, 2009 at 1:01 pm #777353

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    I agree…Much of this stuff is provoked by meddlesome liberal “do gooders” with too much time on their hands…
    I am 1/4 Native American and know many other NAs that really just want to be AMERICANS… When will the “sins” of the past ever be set to rest??? If we keep reward/rename/restore every cultural group that has been wronged/offended by our govt (forever) we will eventually cease to exist as America…

    Very Well Said!

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