Time Running Out for Sioux Nickname

The fight over the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname may be over... and soon...could be history. ...  More »

The fight over the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname may be over... and soon...could be history. In a unanimous 8-nothing vote, 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;'s Board of Higher andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/educationandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;educationandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; agreed to retire the University of North Dakota's 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; and logo. Athletic director Brian Faison says the decision helps andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/undandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;UNDandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;'s efforts in joining the Summit League. andamp;quot; (Brian Faison:) It is pretty much where we were, but it does accelierate the timeline a little, so that will be helpful and so, I have said all along since I came on board that it was important to get this resolved as quickly as we could and again, this will helpfully help facilitate that process yet again, but for obviously, it doesn't change much as this point. The Summit League will andamp;quot;notandamp;quot; consider UND for membership until the situation is settled. Both 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; and 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 have until October First of this year to give andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/undandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;U-N-Dandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; tribal approval to use of the nickname and logo for the next 30 years or it will be retired. Supporters in Standing Rock are trying to get the question on their election ballot.  « Less