Erich Longie: No, the Sioux were not silenced

If you havent' seen this, it's worth a read.  You can read this article at the Last Real Indians.

Eric Longie, Grand Forks Herald -- The NCAA's leaders did not bow down to North Dakota officials, who made a special trip to see them. In addition, the Standing Rock Council's several official tribal resolutions against the Fighting Sioux nickname were heard as far away as Indiana, where the headquarters of the NCAA is located. The council members were not silent.

The only thing this continued obsession with wanting to be a white man's mascot accomplishes is to stoke the fires of racial tension between whites and American Indians. I'd love to travel around North Dakota without having to debate the issue with non-Indians and have them get angry at me when I tear to shreds their reasoning that we are being honored.

Plus, it brings shame on us proud and freedom-loving Sioux when other tribes ridicule us for those who continue to fight for the name.

It's time to move on from the days when Indians were second-class citizens and were subjected to all kinds of indignities, one of the most shameful being portrayed as a logo for some wisicu's (white man's) team.