Video from Save The Fighting Sioux.com

If you have seen it, it's worth a look. This video is from the Committee for Understanding & Respect – Fighting Sioux Fund. Save the Fighting Sioux

Contrary to what many people say, or think, this issue is not over!

The special session of the North Dakota legislature has not spoken.

While some people think that North Dakota “Fighting Sioux” fans should just “move on,” there are a significant number of Fighting Sioux fans who have no intention of just “moving on.”

Ralph Engelstad did not “move on” when his alma mater and the city of Grand Forks was under water and on fire. Instead, he made the largest financial contribution to any university in the United States by an individual donor by financing 100% of the construction of what is now one of the finest sports facilities in the world.

So if you are a Fighting Sioux fan who is not ready or willing to “move on,” then we suggest you let it be known on this website, who you are and why you support the name, “Fighting Sioux” and the logo forever.

Couple of Fighting Sioux nickname issues...

The Grand Forks Herald made mention of this L.A. Times article in today's paper and it's worth a look... My personal opinion of the article was that the L.A. Times oped comes off as being condescending, elitist and down right rude.

L.A. Times ---- Unlike 19th century U.S. officials, the North Dakota Board of Higher Education knows how to honor an agreement. It decided to retire the Fighting Sioux mascot. But then the North Dakota Legislature upset that amicable resolution by passing a law mandating that the university keep the old mascot. As a result, the university's athletics program faces various NCAA sanctions and might be excluded from the Big Sky Conference, which it had planned to join.

This is a 21st century conflict, so of course there also are lawsuits. Some members of the Spirit Lake tribe sued to keep the mascot, but their case was thrown out of court. A group of Native American students at the university sued to get rid of the name and accompanying logo of a young Sioux man. Written into the new state law is a provision that calls for suing the NCAA if it imposes any penalties.

Many of the legislators are alumni who understandably cling to this symbol of their college years, but reason should come before sentiment, and the law should be repealed. Lawmakers should have gotten more out of their college experience than the "fighting" part.

ND State Representative Mike Schatz (R-New England) was on with Rob Port on KNOX on Friday 8-26-11 and Rob and Mike Schatz spoke on the Fighting Sioux issue... [Click to listen]

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