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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
Nickname supporters travel across state 
FARGO — Traffic was slow in the Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot Thursday morning, slow to nothing, actually, in terms of people stopping by to visit or sign a petition. But that didn’t mean Eunice Davidson wasn’t busy.
By Chuck Haga , June 07, 2012
Faison defends comments about nickname, Big Sky
GRAND FORKS – People hoping to preserve the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname are challenging athletic director Brian Faison’s account earlier this month of concerns raised by Big Sky Conference officials, and Faison conceded Tuesday that his report of growing concern on the part of Big Sky athletic directors “was a misstatement on my part.”
By Chuck Haga / Forum Communications Co. , February 21, 2012
Spirit Lake: UND not responding to records request
BISMARCK – On the eve of the Legislature’s return to the Fighting Sioux nickname debate, the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe has accused the University of North Dakota of failing to respond to its requests for email records concerning the issue.
By Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald , November 06, 2011
Grand Forks senator to introduce bill seeking repeal of nickname law today
Laffen says it's hard dutyBISMARCK – Sen. Lonnie Laffen, R-Grand Forks, who earlier this year voted with the majority to give the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname the authority of law, will introduce the much-anticipated bill to repeal that law today at the start of a special session.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , November 06, 2011
Spirit Lake looks to Big Sky again in support of Fighting Sioux nickname
GRAND FORKS – Fighting Sioux nickname supporters at the Spirit Lake Sioux Reservation have again contacted the Big Sky Conference commissioner to underscore their commitment to seeing UND continue using the name.
By Chuck Haga / Forum Communications Co. , October 07, 2011
Schnepf: Big Sky has reasons to be concerned about UND
FARGO - On the day the University of North Dakota men’s hockey team opens yet another season, the Sioux nickname hullabaloo has reared its ugly head once again.
By Kevin Schnepf , October 06, 2011
Fighting Sioux NCAA nickname meet to be Aug. 12
BISMARCK — A meeting between North Dakota and NCAA officials to discuss the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname has been rescheduled for Aug. 12.
By Associated Press , July 22, 2011
'It's over,' Former Governor Ed Schafer says of UND nickname fight
Former Gov. Ed Schafer said today that North Dakotans should have expressed themselves on the Fighting Sioux nickname through a statewide vote, which might have carried more weight with the NCAA than the legislation putting the name into state law.
By Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald , June 30, 2011
Shaft says higher ed board committed to Fighting Sioux nickname
GRAND FORKS – Grant Shaft, the state Board of Higher Education’s point man on the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname issue, apparently has pulled the reins in some on UND President Robert Kelley when it comes to declaring what should happen next.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , June 29, 2011
Rep. Carlson looks into UND president’s emails to Big Sky conference
GRAND FORKS – Rep. Al Carlson, R-Fargo, used North Dakota open-records law last week to obtain emails between UND President Robert Kelley, the Big Sky Conference and the NCAA since Jan. 1, apparently seeking to learn whether Kelley was working behind the scenes to counter Carlson’s efforts to save the “Fighting Sioux” nickname.
By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , June 29, 2011
NCAA: No policy change on Indian sports nicknames
BISMARCK — An NCAA spokesman says Friday the association has no intention of changing a policy that will penalize the University of North Dakota for keeping its Fighting Sioux nickname.
By Associated Press , June 17, 2011
North Dakota AG talks on Fighting Sioux nickname delayed
MINOT — North Dakota's Board of Higher Education has delayed talks with Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem on the status of the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname.
By Associated Press , June 16, 2011
Iowa decision just latest in UND's scheduling woes, and more could be coming
GRAND FORKS – The University of North Dakota women’s basketball program thought it had completed a scheduling coup – a home-and-home series against the University of Iowa.
By Wayne Nelson / Forum Communications Co. , June 12, 2011
Schnepf: Nickname issue could get Sioux lost in space
FARGO - Take a look at the map on the front page of today’s sports section. It’s the one packaged with Jeff Kolpack’s story that compares the Big Sky Conference, future home for University of North Dakota athletics, and the Summit League, the five-year-old home for North Dakota State athletics.
By Kevin Schnepf , June 12, 2011
How they stack up? Analysis of NDSU's, UND's conferences shows some big differencees
One has football. One does not. That is the major difference you need to know between North Dakota State’s Summit League and the University of North Dakota’s Big Sky Conference.
By Jeff Kolpack , June 12, 2011
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