My point was not whether the school owns the arena.  Rather, there was some
provision in the deal (whether it was gift or long term lease)  that was
meant to ensure that UND did not forego the use of Fighting Sioux.

As matter of fact,  a long term lease probably makes that easier to enforce
than an outright gift to the school.  Anyway, it should prove interesting to
see how that issue gets resolved since the news articles specifically state
that the Sioux emblem logos must be removed from their arena.

I imagine that this issue is not over but is just heating up yet again.

Either that or my memory is completely off base and I'm going through
another of my off season hallucinations again

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Doug Peterson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> I'm not sure the school even owns the arena.  Truly implementing with this
> is
> a multi-million dollar proposal.
>
> On 15 May 2009 at 12:32, Mark Lewin wrote:
>
> wasn't there a big deal in the Ralph Englestad arena construction that
> stipulated that the arena/school management must never do anything to
> remove
> the names and images of the Fighting Sioux from the arena?
>
> This should prove interesting to see how that gets resolved.
>
> Also, the article states that this move was necessary in order for UND to
> join the Summit League.  Wonder if this means that UND will graciously drop
> out of the WCHA to make room for Bemidji.
>
> (I know that the Summit League does not include hockey. This was  a joke
> meant to provoke UND fans and get some traffic on the list for the long,
> dry
> off-season).
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Doug Peterson
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> > From the Minneapolis Star & Tribune
> >
> > North 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 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 survive if North
> Dakota's
> > Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux tribes agree by Oct. 1 to give the
> > university permission to use them for at least 30 years.
> >
> > However, tribal officials say that possibility is remote. Unless the name
> > and
> > logo receive tribal endorsement, they will be retired for good on Aug. 1,
> > 2010.
> >
> > The rest of the article is here:
> > http://www.startribune.com/sports/45058157.html
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Doug Peterson
> >
>
>