As most of us know, the
North Dakota State Board of Higher Education will Retire the
Fighting Sioux nickname and it looks like most of the leg work will be finished by the New Years Eve (December 31, 2011) of this year.
Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald --- As they returned from their last-ditch effort to defend “Fighting Sioux” as a beloved, noble and ennobling nickname, the state’s emissaries showed disappointment, frustration and — perhaps most of all — fatigue.
“We have exhausted all avenues,” State Board of Higher Education President Grant Shaft said on Monday, “and we are now going to have to retire the nickname.”
The state board voted unanimously Monday to do just that, approving a motion to have the process “substantially complete” by Dec. 31.
