SIOUX NICKNAME
Racist Blowhards
News Flash: North Dakota State Bison Football fans still dislike their century old arch-enemy, the Fighting Sioux from the University of North Dakota! News Flash: Some Bison fans still chant Sioux ...
Posted on 1/18/12 at 10:08 PM
The University of North Dakota
I received a note from the Herald's editor and publisher this afternoon that we will be phasing out using "Fighting Sioux" to describe UND's athletic teams beginning immediately. That means tomorrow'...
Posted on 12/2/11 at 6:16 PM
Sounds familiar
Had to raise my eyebrow over aparagraph in Grand Forks Herald story this morning on Rep. Al Carlson and the UND nickname issue: "(Carlson) also suggested last week that Kelley or others at UND encour...
Posted on 6/29/11 at 8:12 AM
Fighting Sioux legislative hearing
Here's my video story from today's Fighting Sioux hearing. The hearing started at 9 a.m., took a two-hour break and is still going strong at 6:20 p.m. Read a Forum Communications newspaper tomorrow f...
Posted on 1/26/11 at 6:39 PM
UND HOCKEY: NCAA bubble trouble? 
By Brad Elliott Schlossman , February 29, 2012
Nickname defenders celebrate, eye next battle 
By Chuck Haga , February 21, 2011
- UND logo
- N.D. House votes to keep Fighting Sioux nickname, logo
- Glassheim calls Fighting Sioux nickname vote legislative 'overreaching'
- Kreun: Vote to keep Sioux nickname, logo allows the voice of the people to be heard
- How Grand Forks' House delegation voted on the Sioux nickname bill
- Talk about this topic
Kreun: Vote to keep Sioux nickname, logo allows the voice of the people to be heard
By Herald Staff Report , February 21, 2011
Sioux nickname voted top N.D. sports story
By Herald Staff and Wire Reports , December 27, 2010
Young fan’s reaction to Sioux nickname decision hits YouTube
Matt Fore read the news on his computer and turned to his 4-year-old son. “It looks like the Fighting Sioux won’t be called the Fighting Sioux anymore,” he told Jace, who was playing nearby. “He was not happy.”Open the article to also see the YouTube video of the young Fighting Sioux fan's reaction
By Chuck Haga , April 22, 2010
Phil Jackson supports UND nickname change
MINNEAPOLIS – One of UND’s most famous former athletes says he is in favor of eliminating the “Fighting Sioux” nickname.By Associated Press , April 09, 2010
Fighting Sioux merchandise sales soar
By Herald Staff Report , April 09, 2010
- Sioux Jerseys
- UND coaches sound off on nickname decision
- Kelley faces questions on Sioux nickname transition
- Sioux athletes' reactions: ‘Sick to my stomach’
- Should there be a new UND sports nickname? What should it be?
- With the decision to retire UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, what do you prefer happen at Ralph Engelstad Arena?
- Phil Jackson supports UND nickname change
- Read letters about UND nickname, logo retirement on GrandForksHerald.com Opinion page
- Engelstads: 'Disappointed, saddened, deceived'
Engelstads: 'Disappointed, saddened, deceived'
The daughter of the late Ralph Engelstad said Friday that she and other trustees of the UND benefactor’s family foundation “feel deeply disappointed, saddened and deceived” by this week’s developments in the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo struggle.
By Chuck Haga , April 09, 2010
- Ralph Engelstad
- Kelley faces questions on Sioux nickname transition
- Nickname fans hold rally at REA
- Comment on the North Dakota Board of Higher Education's decision to retire UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
- With the decision to retire UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, what do you prefer happen at Ralph Engelstad Arena?
- Should there be a new UND sports nickname? What should it be?
- Read letters about UND nickname, logo retirement on GrandForksHerald.com Opinion page
- UND coaches sound off on nickname decision
- Sioux athletes' reactions: ‘Sick to my stomach’
- Fighting Sioux merchandise sales soar
- Phil Jackson supports UND nickname change
- Summit League now the focus of school’s athletic department
Sioux athletes' reactions: ‘Sick to my stomach’
Echoing the sentiments of their coaches who spoke before them Friday morning, the team captains of the two highest profile sports at UND voiced their displeasure over the impending retirement of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.By Tom Miller , April 09, 2010
- Read letters about UND nickname, logo retirement on GrandForksHerald.com Opinion page
- Fighting Sioux merchandise sales soar
- UND coaches sound off on nickname decision
- With the decision to retire UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, what do you prefer happen at Ralph Engelstad Arena?
- Should there be a new UND sports nickname? What should it be?
- Kelley faces questions on Sioux nickname transition
- Nickname fans hold rally at REA
- Phil Jackson supports UND nickname change
Kelley faces questions on Sioux nickname transition
By Chuck Haga , April 09, 2010
- UND President Robert Kelley
- Kelley official statement: Passion for UND 'driven by much more' than nickname, logo
- Friday's Herald: N.D. higher ed board retires Fighting Sioux nickname, logo
- Friday's Herald: REA general manager: Don’t expect changes at arena
- Watch replay of UND open forum on UND Fighting Sioux nickname, logo decision
- Replay video of UND athletics news conference on UND Fighting Sioux nickname, logo decision
- Should there be a new UND sports nickname? What should it be?
- With the decision to retire UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, what do you prefer happen at Ralph Engelstad Arena?
- Phil Jackson supports UND nickname change
- Read letters about UND nickname, logo retirement on GrandForksHerald.com Opinion page
- Engelstads: 'Disappointed, saddened, deceived'
REA general manager: Don’t expect changes at arena 
Nothing will be changing in Ralph Engelstad Arena if general manager Jody Hodgson has anything to say about it.
By Brad Elliott Schlossman , April 08, 2010
Standing Rock nickname supporters to submit petition 
Supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are planning to submit a petition to the Tribal Council today, one of the supporters said Thursday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , March 11, 2010
THEIR OPINION: Judge's edict on UND Sioux logo 'bizarre,' to put it kindly (The Forum) 
The higher ed board has not covered itself with glory in this mess. Weak and vacillating, the board has made a bad situation worse. In attempting to accommodate tribes by delaying a decision, the board has learned that tribal leaders have their own agendas and timetables. In effect, the higher ed board has been jerked around.
By The Forum , November 12, 2009
- Is the UND Sioux nickname issue's return to the courts a good or bad turn of events at this point?
- REA general manager denies role in Sioux nickname lawsuit
- State Board to meet with N.D. attorney general about nickname order
- Caroline Cheng and others, Grand Forks, letter: Keeping nickname invites ‘ongoing controversy’
REA general manager denies role in Sioux nickname lawsuit 
The Ralph Engelstad Arena has no role in a lawsuit filed by eight Spirit Lake Sioux tribal members that supports the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo, the arena’s general manager says.
By Dale Wetzel , November 11, 2009
Their Opinion: Quit stalling on UND Sioux logo (The Forum) 
North Dakota State Board of Higher Education and University System officials don’t seem to be getting the message: North Dakota’s American Indian Sioux tribes don’t have the University of North Dakota Sioux logo dispute at the top of their agendas.
By The Forum , November 06, 2009
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