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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.
It is an oversized 75-pound replica [1] of the James Earle Fraser-designed U.S. buffalo nickel with a buffalo on one side representing NDSU Bison and a Native American head on the other side representing UND, who were known as the Fighting Sioux until 2012. Fraser, best known for his sculpture, "The End of The Trail", was born in Winona, MN and ...
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 ...
North Dakota State Bison Logo. North Dakota State University first fielded a football team in 1894, among the first 70 universities in the nation to do so. The first game North Dakota State Farmers (until they adopted the Aggies mascot in 1902) played was against future rival, University of North Dakota Flickertails (until they adopted the Fighting Sioux mascot in 1930), North Dakota State won ...
The logo was placed in thousands of instances in the arena, making the prospect of removal a costly measure. Later, Engelstad placed the stadium under private (rather than University) management and stipulated that the Fighting Sioux motif be kept indefinitely. An Engelstad family trust continues to own the arena and rents it to the University ...
The Sweet Sioux Tomahawk was presented to the winner of the annual football game between the two schools. The original trophy was a carved wooden "cigar store" Indian, but was stolen and replaced by a replica of a tomahawk. [3] Northwestern won the Tomahawk first in 1945, beating Illinois 13–7 in Evanston.
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English: An interlocking "ND" logo for the University of North Dakota. Now widely used for athletics purposes due to the 2012 retirement of the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname. Now widely used for athletics purposes due to the 2012 retirement of the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname.