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North Dakota must get tribes' approval to keep Fighting Sioux name

Associated Press

Thursday, October 16, 2008

BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota's Board of Higher Education has approved a schedule for discarding the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo if two prominent Sioux tribes hold firm in their desire to dump them. The timeline directs William Goetz, the chancellor of the university system, to form a committee within the next two months to discuss the issue with leaders of the Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux tribes. The panel should meet at leas ...

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