FORT TOTTEN, ND – The repeal of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux law, which required the University of North Dakota to keep its controversial nickname and logo, goes into effect today. The repeal of the law was passed in a special session of the legislature held last month after efforts by state officials to get the [...]
GRAND FORKS, ND – Grant Shaft, president of North Dakota’s State Board of Higher Education, says that if an effort to refer a bill repealing the state’s “Fighting Sioux” law is successful his board may have to assert its constitutional authority. In regular session earlier this year the state legislature passed a law requiring that [...]
FORT TOTTEN, ND – The fight for the Fighting Sioux nickname isn’t over yet despite North Dakota’s state legislature clearing the way for the university system to retire it. According to a spokesman for one of the namesake tribes, they’ll continue pursuing their lawsuit against the NCAA and they’re even considering putting the matter on [...]
BISMARCK, ND – “Not at all,” responded House Majority Leader Al Carlson (R – Fargo) when asked if he regretted the legislature passing a bill earlier this year mandating that the University of North Dakota keep its “Fighting Sioux” logo and nickname. “I think this issue would have been long gone had we not breathed [...]
BISMARCK, ND – Repealing the state law mandating that the University of North Dakota keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and nickname is on the agenda at the state’s special legislative session this week, and even Governor Jack Dalrymple who signed the law when it was passed earlier this year is calling for its repeal. But [...]
FORT TOTTEN, ND – The Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, which has been outspoken in its support of the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname and logo, are accusing the university of being less than forthcoming with public information. The tribe alleges that it filed two requests for information. One asked for emails pertaining to [...]
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FORT TOTTEN, ND – Speaking at the tribal headquarters of the Spirit Lake Sioux Nation, attorney Reed Soderstrom announced a lawsuit against the NCAA alleging copyright infringement and civil rights violations. The Sioux tribe supports the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname and logo, but the NCAA has deemed them to be “hostile and [...]
GRAND FORKS, ND – Last week the University of North Dakota overturned the expulsion of Caleb Warner almost two years after he’d been accused of sexual assault, but now a group representing Warner says he is considering remedies in civil court. “That’s definitely a possibility,” said Vice President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in [...]
GRAND FORKS, ND – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the NCAA needs to visit the state again to find agreement as to which Sioux logos at the University of North Dakota sports arenas have to go. “When we met in August…with the NCAA leaders they of course didn’t back off on their insistence [...]
GRAND FORKS, ND – Nearly two years have gone by since University of North Dakota student Caleb Warner was accused of rape and expelled by the school, but now he’s attending classes again in Grand Forks. Warner had been expelled by UND after another student accused him of rape, but after an investigation law enforcement [...]