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.
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http://www.startribune.com/sports/45058157.html
Thank you,
Doug Peterson