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Eugene

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Wed Jun 13, 2012, 08:32 AM Jun 2012

North Dakota voters nix 'Fighting Sioux' team name

Source: Reuters

North Dakota voters nix 'Fighting Sioux' team name

By David Bailey
Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:24am EDT

(Reuters) - Voters in North Dakota on Tuesday overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal to abolish the state university's "Fighting Sioux" nickname and Indian head logo, banned under a national college sports policy that deems such symbols as racially offensive.

More than 67 percent of voters supported the move that will allow the University of North Dakota to end its use of the nickname and logo - based on a Native American caricature - in order to avoid possible sanctions by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

However, supporters of the symbol have said they will continue their fight to retain the "Fighting Sioux" name and logo after years of appealing to alumni and to the state Legislature, which just last year passed a law to keep the images, only to then reverse itself with a repeal.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/13/us-usa-campaign-sioux-idUSBRE85C09M20120613
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North Dakota voters nix 'Fighting Sioux' team name (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2012 OP
And in news that matters, North Dakota has defeated the Religious Freedom and the Property Tax RC Jun 2012 #1
I was happy to see this. It's time. Brickbat Jun 2012 #2
Good for North Dakota jpbollma Jun 2012 #3
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