I have to echo Dave Hendrick's comments.  What is negative about "Fighting
Sioux?"  We ROOT for our home team.  The nickname is a beloved part of our
alma mater.  Its not like they called them the "Wimpy Sioux" or "Bloodthirsty
Savage Sioux" - Fighting Sioux should be a proud thing to be called.
 
Hmm... What if I lived in Zaire and the local football team was know as the
"Slavers" - I think that would bother me.  But if they were the "Fierce
Whiteys" - so what?
 
Living in a state with a surfeit of American Indian names I wind up at a
school that clevely labels itself the Pointers.  Yuch!
 
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