To replace an honorable and beloved name that stood for 80 years with one as suggested is calloused and insulting to American Indians.
Grand Forks Red River High School—whose nickname is Roughriders—is not national; it is local. It is not moving on from an American Indian image and never had one. It is an entirely different situation, and in its case, the nickname is neither hostile nor derogatory, and it represents the high school with dignity. There are no similarities to the UND situation.
For these reasons as well as many others, Roughriders should not be considered as a nickname for UND. If the Herald were an investigative-reporting paper rather than an advisee-group-supporter paper and told the whole truth instead of convenient truths only, then the state could make an informed decision.
This line of thinking is how the Univeristy of North Dakota ends up with the unacceptable nickname Sundogs. So, now Rough Riders is offensive to Native Americans and we can't have that nickname? I am endorsing anything but Sundogs.
— Mitch Meyer (@MrMitchMeyer) July 22, 2015
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