OK - I guess I will make a horse's rear of myself.
 
I find the "controversy" stupid.  I could understand why Chief Wahoo of the Cleveland Indians would be offensive, but I really don't understand what is so wrong with the "Fighting Sioux."  What is different from the "Fighting Irish?"  The little banty-rooster caricature that Notre Dame uses is more offensive than the logo of North Dakota.  In my opinion, you can't go after one if you don't go after the other or all of them.  I misdoubt there is a logo anywhere that doesn't offend someone.  Picking an Indian logo in a State with a significant Indian population - what's the problem?  They didn't name themselves the "Cowardly Sioux" did they?  Fighting applied to a sports team, to me at least, is a compliment, not a slur. 
 
Yes, I understand I am on the politically wrong side of this issue.  But I think having schools change logos, especially long standing ones (over 70 years in this case) to be politically correct and to use coercive tactics to do it is both dumb and wrong.  It is also hypocritical given the only target of this initiative is Indian nicknames.  
 
That's my opinion.  I don't expect it to be popular.
 
Tom Rowe
Former Mizzou Tiger, Western Illinois U. Leatherneck, and U. of South Dakota Coyote.

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Subject: Re: UND



In remembering an earlier article, there were some comments by one tribe
(not sure if it was one of the ones referenced in the current article) about
UND not living up to some commitments it had made.  As such, they were
removing their support for the UND name.  I cannot remember if read this on
newspaper web site or on the UND web site.

Doug Peterson

That is about it except the Spirit Lake Tribe never actually got back to UND
or the NCAA on which way they had decided.