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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.
The school's former nickname was the Fighting Sioux, which held a lengthy and controversial tenure before being retired in 2012 due to pressure from the NCAA. The official school nickname is now the Fighting Hawks , a name that was chosen by the university on November 18, 2015.
On June 14, 2012, the nickname was repealed again [15] after a vote held on June 11, 2012, on whether to keep or retire the nickname resulted in 67.35% of North Dakota voters chose to retire the "Fighting Sioux" name and American Indian head logo as a result of negative consequences resulting from impending NCAA sanctions. [16] [17]
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 ...
The Fighting Hawk: Nickname: Fighting Hawks Fighting Sioux (1930–2012) Fight song: It's For You, North Dakota U Stand Up and Cheer: Colors: Kelly green and white [1] Website: www.fightinghawks.com: Team NCAA championships; Division I Ice Hockey 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016 Division II Football 2001 Division II Woman's ...
The team was known as the Flickertails until 1929, when it was renamed the Fighting Sioux. It dropped that name in 2011 and went without a nickname until 2015, when it became the Fighting Hawks . History
Grand Forks, North Dakota: 2012 Fighting Hawks: The "Fighting Sioux" nickname was retired in 2012, but the state passed a law prohibiting the university from adopting a new nickname until January 2015. In November of that year, following two rounds of fan voting, the current nickname of Fighting Hawks was chosen and immediately adopted. For ...
North Dakota Fighting Hawks – First known as the "Flickertails" until 1930, at which time "Fighting Sioux" was adopted. [108] North Georgia Saints and Lady Saints — The first sports teams at what was then North Georgia College & State University were men's teams known as "Cadets", a nod to the school's status as a senior military college.