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On March 11, 2011, by a vote of 28–15, the North Dakota Senate approved legislation ordering the University of North Dakota to retain its controversial Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian-head logo. Governor Jack Dalrymple signed the Fighting Sioux bill into law the following week.
The North Dakota Fighting Hawks (formerly known as the Flickertails and the Fighting Sioux) are the athletic teams that represent the University of North Dakota (UND), located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
At the center of the saga is a disagreement over what, exactly, is in a name. Opponents of the “Fighting Sioux” say it demeans Native Americans and trivializes their culture.
North Dakota scrubbed the Fighting Sioux name and Indian head logo from its uniforms, communications, website and booster club.
The North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey team (formerly The North Dakota Fighting Sioux) is the college ice hockey team of the University of North Dakota. They are members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey.
UND has gone by ‘North Dakota’ in most competitions since ceasing the use of the ‘Fighting Sioux’ name and logo. The University of North Dakota nickname saga has finally come to an end.
A new documentary to be released this week looks deep into the seven-year battle over the name change of University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux. After a lengthy fight between the university and the NCAA, North Dakota voters ultimately voted to retire the name back in 2012.
“Fighting Over Sioux” is a feature-length documentary looking at the boiling controversy that erupted over the change to UND’s “Fighting Sioux” name and logo.
On June 11, 2012, “North Dakota voters chose to retire the Fighting Sioux name and the American Indian logo. Ralph Engelstad did not live to see all this happen.
The University of North Dakota took its fight over the school's nickname straight to NCAA President Mark Emmert on Friday.