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SLOWINGTHERACINGMIND Fighting Sioux Anonymous (FSA)
In most newspapers and their online versions around the country, there is a section listing recovery group meetings, times, and locations. There should be a recovery group formed for those of us who h...
Posted on 6/16/12 at 7:30 AM
FATHER KNOWS LAST Racist Blowhards
News Flash: North Dakota State Bison Football fans still dislike their century old arch-enemy, the Fighting Sioux from the University of North Dakota! News Flash: Some Bison fans still chant Sioux ...
Posted on 1/18/12 at 10:08 PM
STAFF BLOG UND HOCKEY The University of North Dakota
I received a note from the Herald's editor and publisher this afternoon that we will be phasing out using "Fighting Sioux" to describe UND's athletic teams beginning immediately. That means tomorrow'...
Posted on 12/2/11 at 6:16 PM
MONKE BUSINESS A peek behind the curtain
Yesterday afternoon, I received a call from a PR firm informing me that six Native American students had filed a federal lawsuit over UND's Fighting Sioux nickname. The woman on the phone told me the ...
Posted on 8/11/11 at 1:47 PM
Gov. Dalrymple: No reason for NCAA meeting to be closed 
BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says a meeting with NCAA officials about the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname should be open to the public.
By Associated Press , April 07, 2011
North Dakota Democrats want officials' meeting with NCAA open
BISMARCK — North Dakota's Democratic legislative leaders say a scheduled meeting between state officials and NCAA executives to discuss the University of North Dakota's nickname and logo should be open to the public.
By Associated Press , April 06, 2011
North Dakota, NCAA to meet over Sioux nickname planned
GRAND FORKS — A meeting between state officials and the NCAA will address the University of North Dakota's nickname and logo that the athletics association wants dropped.
By Associated Press , April 01, 2011
ND higher ed officials prepare to face NCAA over Sioux nickname
This time, Shaft says, the board shouldn’t stand alone
Initial contacts have been made with the NCAA to arrange a meeting over developments in the UND Fighting Sioux nickname debate, a member of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education said today, and a face-to-face meeting could take place by the end of April.
By Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald , March 30, 2011
North Dakota Senate panel holding Fighting Sioux hearing Monday
BISMARCK — A North Dakota Senate committee has scheduled a Monday hearing on legislation to require the University of North Dakota to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname.
By Associated Press , March 03, 2011
UPDATED: Passionate pleas from both sides in "Fighting Sioux" legislative committee hearing
BISMARCK – Members of the state Board of Higher Education did all they could over the past three years to afford the people of North Dakota’s two Sioux Indian tribes opportunities to speak to the University of North Dakota “Fighting Sioux” nickname controversy, board Vice President Grant Shaft told a legislative committee Wednesday.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , January 27, 2011
Source: UND pushed early resolution on nickname
University denies asking Summit League to help accelerate state’s decisionThe University of North Dakota asked an athletic conference it once considered joining to publicly come out against accepting the Fighting Sioux as a member until the controversial nickname and logo issue was resolved, according to Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple.
By Jeff Kolpack , January 26, 2011
Sioux fans turn to wordplay
Several ex-hockey players support tongue-in-cheek effortGRAND FORKS – Two University of North Dakota hockey fans and former English majors are using wordplay to try to find some humor in the pending retirement of the university’s Fighting Sioux nickname.
By Dave Kolpack, Associated Press , January 17, 2011
Sioux nickname fight mirrors Illinois
That legislature lost its tribal mascot battleGRAND FORKS – A popular university athletics symbol comes under attack by people who say it demeans Native Americans and feeds stereotypes, division and racism.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , January 16, 2011
Board of Higher Education neutral on bills seeking to retain Sioux nickname
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education won’t actively fight legislation proposed in the Legislature that would keep the University of North Dakota “Fighting Sioux” nickname.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , January 14, 2011
Bill aims to retain ‘Fighting Sioux’ nickname and logo
GRAND FORKS – Another chapter in the long and bitter struggle over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo began in the North Dakota House of Representatives on Monday, as the chamber’s Republican leader said he will introduce a bill to write the controversial symbols into state law.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , January 11, 2011
Time’s up for Fighting Sioux nickname
GRAND FORKS – An NCAA spokesman indicated Tuesday that an appeal by members of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe will not change the established timeline for retirement of the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
By By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , December 01, 2010
Spirit Lake members make last-minute appeal to save Sioux nickname
GRAND FORKS – Members of the Spirit Lake Sioux Nation who favor the University of North Dakota retaining the Fighting Sioux nickname made a last-minute appeal Monday to the NCAA, asking that the association “re-examine” the 2007 legal settlement that imposed a deadline for the university to obtain tribal permission to continue using the name.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , November 30, 2010
Lind: Stumping for UND Green Sox
Today, let’s hear from Philip Felde of Moorhead. Phil is a 1951 graduate of North Dakota State University and was an employee of Northwestern Bell and US West from 1956 to 1983.
By Bob Lind , November 29, 2010
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