"Fighting Sioux" nickname may [not] [may too] stick at N Dakota

[Josh '99]

If this was on purpose, I will gain newfound respect for the NCAA's trolling skills.

[Jim Hyla]

Not all of the Fighting Sioux will be gone.

[billhoward]

Chanting "smallpox blankets" at actual native americans is racist.

Drawing attention to race or a distinguishable property of a race as a means of mocking someone feels like racism to me, especially since the people chanting it are not thinking, "Let's make fun of those European descendants who murdered Native Americans with smallpox blankets!"
That said, I have a hard time caring if it's merely taunting: it's not like these people are being harassed by the police for driving while Native American. People need to lighten up and/or grow a thicker skin.

When Dwayne Wade steps to the line, who will be the first to chant "sickle cell anemia?

[jtwcornell91]

Via HOCKEY-L, a bizzare postscript to the saga, as some of the members of the relevant tribes who liked the nickname after all tried unsuccessfully to sue the NCAA (and presumably force UND) to get the name reinstated.  But the article includes a piece of information which I at least did not have:

UND now uses the nickname Coyotes.

Were there any alternative nicknames that attached themselves, Deertick-style to UND during the Year With No Name?  I tended to think of them as the Flickertails (their pre-Sioux nickname).

[jtwcornell91]

Via HOCKEY-L, a bizzare postscript to the saga, as some of the members of the relevant tribes who liked the nickname after all tried unsuccessfully to sue the NCAA (and presumably force UND) to get the name reinstated.  But the article includes a piece of information which I at least did not have:

UND now uses the nickname Coyotes.

Were there any alternative nicknames that attached themselves, Deertick-style to UND during the Year With No Name?  I tended to think of them as the Flickertails (their pre-Sioux nickname).

Seems to be contradicted by other sources:

The legislation adopted in November, affirmed by state voters in Tuesday's primary election, requires UND to wait until 2015 to adopt a new nickname.

[Trotsky]

It's not a competent shakedown if you never get the money.

"I don't mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one."

[Dafatone]

Via HOCKEY-L, a bizzare postscript to the saga, as some of the members of the relevant tribes who liked the nickname after all tried unsuccessfully to sue the NCAA (and presumably force UND) to get the name reinstated.  But the article includes a piece of information which I at least did not have:

UND now uses the nickname Coyotes.

Were there any alternative nicknames that attached themselves, Deertick-style to UND during the Year With No Name?  I tended to think of them as the Flickertails (their pre-Sioux nickname).

That's likely a mistake, since we here at U of South Dakota are the Coyotes.  Granted, mixing up North and South Dakota is kind of the pastime around here.  But hard to imagine that they'd go for the same name as us.

[marty]

Via HOCKEY-L, a bizzare postscript to the saga, as some of the members of the relevant tribes who liked the nickname after all tried unsuccessfully to sue the NCAA (and presumably force UND) to get the name reinstated.  But the article includes a piece of information which I at least did not have:

UND now uses the nickname Coyotes.

Were there any alternative nicknames that attached themselves, Deertick-style to UND during the Year With No Name?  I tended to think of them as the Flickertails (their pre-Sioux nickname).

Seems to be contradicted by other sources:

The legislation adopted in November, affirmed by state voters in Tuesday's primary election, requires UND to wait until 2015 to adopt a new nickname.

From that source

UND also must protect its copyright on the logo designed by North Dakota artist Ben Brien, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Protection of the copyright is required by the 2007 settlement with the NCAA.

"You want to protect the integrity of your historical branding," Johnson said. "That would keep anyone from using it in ways we'd prefer it not be used."

Fear of wood screws?

[RichH]

UND releases potential nickname suggestions

And soliciting input from the public went about as well as one could expect.

UND released Monday night 214 pages of nickname suggestions and their accompanying commentary submitted by the public.

The submissions to be considered can be viewed at HERE and will be vetted by the university's Nickname Committee, which will use a point system to score attributes and functionality. UND also released a list of names that will not be considered. That list can be viewed here. Warning: Several of the suggestions contain obscenities, racist terms or are otherwise offensive.

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On the list of rejected names, the suggestion of "Fighting Sioux" proved a popular submission, with entries starting on page 32 and ends on page 160.

[Dafatone]

My vote goes to Abdominal Snowmen.

[marty]

My vote goes to Abdominal Snowmen.

Yeti, another rejected suggestion.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

A no-win situation.  Whatever they pick, half the people will be unhappy.

[KeithK]

But the fact that they must have been required to release the list of submissions is a win-win for the rest of us.  Some of them are hilarious.  And even the childish obscene ones are worth a laugh or two.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

But the fact that they must have been required to release the list of submissions is a win-win for the rest of us.  Some of them are hilarious.  And even the childish obscene ones are worth a laugh or two.

This is true.  I roared at some of them.

[Jim Hyla]

"Fighting Sioux" nickname may [not] [may too] stick at N Dakota, but their coach won't be there to find out.