Fighting Sioux Deadline Extended

The UND Fighting Sioux nickname is not done yet the deadline to decide it's fate is extended... G...  More »

The UND Fighting Sioux nickname is not done yet the deadline to decide it's fate is extended... Good Afternoon, I'm Donnell Preskey... The State Board of Higher education has voted to extend the deadline to decide the fate of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Nickname. The board had set an Oct. 1 date to drop the name. Board members say there was a misunderstanding about the date of tribal elections on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and more time is needed to get the opinions of the new council. The deadline is extended for at least 30 days and possibly as many as 60. The board says it will drop the nickname unless the state's two namesake tribes sign 30-year agreements giving the school permission to keep the nickname. (Duaine Espegard/ Board Member) "I dont want to adddress this again. I want to give proper time to have a democratic process work out on the reservation. I am sensitive to the tribe the university, to its system to its leadership. I do beleive we have to follow the process out."  « Less