Standing Rock Tribal Members To Petition for Vote

I have said before that the Fighting Sioux logo and nick name are on life support, if something doesn't happen pretty soon. It's time to either have a vote on the Standing Rock Reservation or we can kiss the logo and Fighting Sioux name goodbye. Time is running out, the ball is in their court. The UND athletic department is desperate to get into the Summit League (emphasis mine), because they don’t have a home for their men and women’s basketball, volleyball, track and field, swimming and diving and baseball teams. The Football team is still looking for a place to call home because the Great West Conference is  unimpressive and in my opinion an over glorified Divison II football league.

Next Tuesday a group of Sioux Nickname supporters on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation will circulate a petition around the community.

The petition will ask for a reservation-wide vote on the issue.

Nickname supporter Tom Iron says next Tuesday him and 8 others will start the petition to gauge tribal support in the next two weeks.

Iron says he will need 550-signatures to make it valid and that would override a moratorium that previously banned a vote.

He will present it to tribal chair Charlie Murphy and ask the vote to happen before February 18th.

That's the date of a State Board Of higher education meeting where some board members have indicated they might look toward retirement
[WDAZ.COM]