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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.
On August 7, 2017, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe filed a legal brief arguing in favor of pipeline shutdown during the environmental review process. [124] [125] The Tribes received support from law professors and practitioners, tribes and tribal organizations, and other amicus parties. The Court granted the ...
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 Yankton Sioux Tribe voted Friday to ban Noem from their land in southeastern South Dakota just a few days after the Sisseton-Wahpeton Ovate tribe took the ... Controversy follows Gov. Kristi ...
The Sioux declined to accept the money, because acceptance would legally terminate Sioux demands for return of the Black Hills. The money remains in a Bureau of Indian Affairs account accruing compound interest. As of 2011, the Sioux's award plus interest was "about $1 billion" or "1.3 billion" (equivalent to $1.14-$1.48 billion in 2019). [59]
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.
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Some are controversial with confirmation in the Senate not yet guaranteed. Others are unconventional. ... who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine in 1999 and owns a tailor shop in Sioux ...