Reconsidering the University of North Dakota's Nickname

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Robert Shumake of AL 3:34PM January 18, 2010

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Bill Bartmann of AL 4:01PM September 01, 2009

Contacts with Native Americans were experienced by me during my 7 years in airborne infantry units in the U.S.(82d Airborne Div),West Germany(505th Abn Inf)and two tours in Vietnam (173d
Airborne Bde)in 1966 and 1970. These Native Americans served proudly and honorably as volunteer paratroopers in my rifle platoon, rifle company and infantry battalion commands. They were true warriors.Chief Crazy Horse would have been proud to have had them in his ranks.
It is my strong belief that it is a great honor to have the Sioux Warrior represent the University of North Dakota athletic teams. Chief Sitting Bull and Chief Craxy Horse were truly great warriors and even greater leaders. The UND "Fighting Sioux" Warrior would continue to honor that legacy.

Robert C Allen, LTC USA (Ret) of MO 10:09PM August 24, 2009

To me it seems obvious that a solution a long time ago would have been to drop the "Fighting" part of "The Fighting Sioux of North Dakota" and just be "The Sioux of North Dakota". Putting "Fighting" in front of the name brings so many bad connotations to my mind and I'm sure to the rest of the Indian nation, there is no positive that can come from that.

Jeff Braun '91 of MN 11:18AM August 17, 2009

Mine was Lewis Clark's Rough Custers.

Harold Reimann of CA 3:52PM August 16, 2009

Notre Dame is proud to be the "Fighting Irish". I would think the Sioux would be proud to have a university honor their fabled warrior tradition; school nicknames are sources of pride, not put-downs. Florida State Univ. teams are proudly the "Seminoles", and the tribe gets a boost from the name recognition. This looks like a case of "political correctness" gone haywire.

Roger McKee of AZ 6:22PM August 14, 2009