GRAND FORKS - A meeting with NCAA officials about the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname has been rescheduled.
Grant Shaft, president of the state Board of Higher Education, said the meeting in Indianapolis will now take place Aug. 12, likely in the afternoon.
The meeting originally was planned for Monday but was delayed this week after the funeral for North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Bob Stenehjem was scheduled for the same day.
Stenehjem, 59, died Monday in a single-vehicle rollover accident in Alaska.
Stenehjem was among several state officials expected to attend the meeting, including House Majority Leader Al Carlson, UND President Robert Kelley, Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Shaft.
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Shaft said he'll talk with Stenehjem's brother, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, next week to see if he will be able to attend the meeting.
A state law passed this spring requires UND to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, which the NCAA opposes.
UND faces sanctions if it continues using the nickname and logo after Aug. 15, when the university earlier had agreed to stop their use.
Ryan Johnson writes for the Grand Forks Herald
