What will the fighting sioux be called

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The hail-proof house? These Minnesotans are working on it. How is the sheriff's office different from the police department? More from Star Tribune. A previous shortlist included the Nodaks, North Stars and Sundogs as other options before Fighting Hawks and Roughriders were selected as finalists. The Fighting Sioux logo was first introduced at North Dakota in A bill was later introduced in the North Dakota House of Representatives to change the nickname, but it never made it out of committee.

A statewide vote also found that The school was not allowed to pick a new team name until University of North Dakota changes controversial mascot name. By: Aliah Williamson. Copyright Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. In , the NCAA sought to end the longstanding controversy surrounding Native American mascots once and for all by ordering nearly 20 schools whose nicknames and mascots they deemed "abusive in terms of race, ethnicity or national origin" to either get Native American permission to use their name and likeness, or to come up with a new one.

The resulting actions varied among the targeted schools. Other schools satisfied the mandate by tweaking their name, like Southeastern Oklahoma State, where the Savages are now known as the Savage Storm. Others, like the Bradley University Braves, whose name does not affiliate with a specific tribe, were allowed to keep their name so long as Native American logos and imagery were eschewed.

Schools with higher-profile athletic programs fared better. But the North Dakota Fighting Sioux -- winners of seven national championships in men's ice hockey -- were denied such an endorsement from the Tribal Council of the Standing Rock Sioux.