Image via WikipediaThis is an interesting story that I found in the
New York Daily News. To be honest with you I didn't expect to read a story like this in a newspaper from
New York City, but it's refreshing to read none-the-less.
New York Daily News --- Native American tribe officials are battling to save the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname. Members of the Spirit Lake Tribe are working to block the controversial removal of the nickname and the school's Indian head logo. KXMB TV Bismarck is reporting an injunction has been filed in tribal court seeking to stop the retirement and force the transfer of the Fighting Sioux licensing and merchandising rights to the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe.
NCAA officials forced UND to retire the nickname because of political correctness and have threatened sanctions against the school unless it removed the Sioux nickname. Ironically, the very people who the NCAA claims should be offended love the nickname. Frank Black Cloud, spokesperson for Spirit Lake Nation, says the use of the nickname has always been respectful of the Sioux nation and is a source of pride.
"We gave UND permission years ago. This was a gift and that's what the NCAA doesn't understand. Nobody has the right to take that gift away except a Sioux tribe and the only reason we would take it away is if they were doing dishonor to the Sioux name -- and the aren't doing that. They are holding it respectfully and with honor and in its tradition."
Image via WikipediaThis is an interesting story that I found in the New York Daily News. To be honest with you I didn't expect to read a story like this in a newspaper from New York City, but it's refreshing to read none-the-less. 
