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Group wants Sioux nickname in N.D. constitution 
Each tumultuous step of the way, steadfast supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname have said the people of North Dakota should have the ultimate say in whether it stays. Now they mean to give the people that say.
By Chuck Haga , November 17, 2011
Spirit Lake group plans North Dakota initiative ballot effort to keep Fighting Sioux nickname
Minot attorney Reed Soderstrom says the group will offer a North Dakota constitutional amendment that will say UND teams must be known as the Fighting Sioux. Initiative supporters need about 27,000 petition signatures to put the issue on the ballot in November 2012.
By Associated Press , November 17, 2011
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OUR OPINION: ‘A strong Division I program for UND sports’
UND needs its Big Sky Conference affiliation, and lawmakers in the North Dakota Legislature's special session should deliver.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , November 04, 2011
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Dalrymple: Spirit Lake lawsuit won’t affect special session outcome
Lawmakers will convene a special session Monday to take up a limited number of issues, including the possible repeal of the law directing UND to keep the nickname and logo. “I do not think it (the lawsuit) will have any effect on the outcome of the special session,” Dalrymple said through an aide.
By Chuck Haga , November 02, 2011
Spirit Lake's lawsuit against NCAA could affect N.D. Legislature action on Sioux nickname
A lawsuit filed in federal court by Sioux Indians who support UND’s use of the Fighting Sioux nickname could affect next week’s reconsideration of the issue by the North Dakota Legislature, House Majority Leader Al Carlson, R-Fargo, said.
By Chuck Haga , November 01, 2011
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- Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe vs. National Collegiate Athletic Assoc. Part 3
SIOUX NICKNAME: 'Major' announcement at Spirit Lake planned today
Fighting Sioux nickname champions at Spirit Lake reservation say they will make “a major announcement” today in their campaign to thwart retirement of the name and logo.
By Chuck Haga , October 31, 2011
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Former Spirit Lake official guilty of embezzlement
The former coordinator of the Spirit Lake Tribe’s Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program has been found guilty of embezzling funds from the program.
By Herald Staff Report , October 21, 2011
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Spirit Lake: The fight for ‘Fighting Sioux’ continues
Injunction, statewide vote may be options Members of the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe who favor UND retaining its Fighting Sioux nickname and logo have turned once again to the courts to block the anticipated retirement of the symbols.
By Chuck Haga , September 06, 2011
Court documents detail tribal fraud case
According to federal court documents and a court official, two council members of the Spirit Lake Tribe at Fort Totten, N.D., were indicted initially in a case alleging three years of fraud and theft of tribal fuel assistance funds.
By Stephen J. Lee , April 07, 2011
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Feds indict Spirit Lake leader for fuel assistance fraud
An official of the Spirit Lake Tribe at Fort Totten, N.D., has been charged in federal court with embezzling federal funds in the low-income fuel assistance program on the reservation at Devils Lake.
By Stephen J. Lee , April 06, 2011
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Nickname survives another month
DEVILS LAKE — UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname has survived another month after the State Board of Higher Education decided not to retire it on Thursday when it met here at Lake Region State College.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , February 18, 2010
A look at the nickname appeal process
When the state of North Dakota agreed to a settlement with the NCAA over UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, the intent was to put the state’s Sioux tribes in control when it comes to the nickname’s fate, an attorney representing some nickname supporters is saying in his brief appealing to the state Supreme Court.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , February 18, 2010
Family copes with death of son, mother’s rehab after brain surgery
Genia Wilkie lay in a hospital bed in Grand Forks, recovering from a seizure. Crippling seizures and severe headaches had plagued her for years. Doctors looking for the cause suspected epilepsy until they located a tiny tumor in her brain. “When they found the tumor, they wouldn’t touch it,” she said. “They said that with surgery I would risk losing my memory, my eyesight, even my life.”
By Chuck Haga , September 05, 2009
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Spirit Lake to receive grant to
reduce violence against women
The Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe in North Dakota will receive a three-year grant of more than $420,000 to expand efforts to reduce violence against women, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
By Chuck Haga , August 24, 2009
'It’s time for the university to move on'
Thursday’s action by the State Board of Higher Education concerning the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo probably seals their fate, UND President Robert Kelley said.
“I think it does,” he said shortly after board members voted 8-0 to set a new deadline of Oct. 1 for the university to gain tribal approval for use of the name and requiring that such approval be encased in a 30-year binding agreement.
By Chuck Haga , May 14, 2009
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