Tribe comes out in favor of logo/moniker 'Fighting Sioux'. (county, North Dakota)

[ZGACK]

The most prominent defenders of the University of North Dakota's right to call its teams the Fighting Sioux are neither alumni nor hockey fans.

They're Sioux.

A group of Spirit Lake Sioux won a temporary restraining order last week to stop the North Dakota University System from retiring the nickname and logo, one of the last in the country associated with an American Indian tribe. A hearing for a preliminary injunction is slated for Dec. 9 in Ramsey County District Court in Devils Lake, N.D.

Tribe battles to keep logo for Fighting Sioux - Washington Times


Obviously a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome. Thanks heavens there are legions of guilt ridden, hand ringing left wingers to eager to do their political correct duty and ignore them and fight this battle on their behalf! Silly Injins...just don't know what's best for them.

[saganista]

Personally, I think it's great advertising for the Sioux. We have literally thousands of geographic names that are based on Indian words or tribal names. I travel either under or over the Potomac River many times each week, for example. If we honor Indian heritage in place names, why not in sports teams? Perhaps the tribes should pool some of their gambling and other wealth and purchase the New York Yankees for the purpose of renaming them the New York Canarsies...