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The Fighting Sioux logo, used from 1999 until retirement in 2012. The North Dakota Fighting Sioux controversy refers to the controversy surrounding the now retired nickname and logo of the North Dakota Fighting Hawks a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the athletic teams that represented the University of North Dakota (UND) based in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
1946–47 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season; 1947–48 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season; 1958–59 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season; 1962–63 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season; 1979–80 North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey season
UND's nickname was originally The Flickertails, but was unofficially changed to "The Sioux" in 1930. UND's former athletic logo, revealed in 1999, a Native American figure, was designed by Bennett Brien, a local artist and UND graduate of Ojibwa ethnicity. After more than a decade of controversy, the name and logo were retired in 2012.
Now that the University of North Dakota has announced that it will retire the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, the question remains--what happens to all that school merchandise with the banished ...
The University of North Dakota challenged the NCAA policy in court and settled in 2007 when it was given three years to obtain consent from the Sioux tribes in the state. [27] When one tribe refused permission, [28] the state Board of Higher Education proceeded with plans to eliminate the Fighting Sioux name and logo. In 2011, the State ...
The use of terms and images referring to Native Americans/First Nations as the name or mascot for a sports team is a topic of public controversy in the United States and in Canada. The documents most often cited to justify the trend for change are an advisory opinion by the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 2001 [ 1 ] and a resolution ...
Now that the University of North Dakota has announced that it will retire the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, the question remains--what happens to all that school merchandise with the banished ...
The North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team of the University of North Dakota. They are members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey. North Dakota is widely regarded as a premier college hockey school and ...