Sioux Nickname Gets Positive Vote

The deadline for the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/fighting-sioux-nicknamea...  More »

The deadline for the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/fighting-sioux-nicknameandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Fighting Sioux nicknameandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; at andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/undandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;UNDandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; is two weeks away, and there's news today that the name and logo got support from one of two Sioux tribes in the state. The andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/spirit-lake-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Spirit Lakeandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; Tribal Council has formally acknowledged that 67-percent of its members voted in support of the Fighting Sioux nickname in an April ballot. But the second tribe that must OK the name, the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/standing-rock-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Standing Rockandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; Sioux, has not approved and, today, the tribal chairman said his tribe's council has voted against the nickname and will continue to oppose its use at UND. The andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/ncaaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;NCAAandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; has ordered the University of andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakotaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;North Dakotaandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; to get approval from the two tribes by October First in order to continue using the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname, which the NCAA considers offensive.  « Less