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Published March 07, 2012, 12:00 AM

UND President George W. Starcher (1969)


UND President George W. Starcher was given a Sioux name during a 1969 ceremony at the university, which nickname defenders argue was a religious ceremony that also gave UND the right to use the “Fighting Sioux” name and cannot be revoked.
Read the article: Fighting Sioux nickname hearing next week