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Postby mrydel » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:45 pm

North Dakota Fighting Sioux has settled ts mascot suit with the NCAA. The NCAA has given them 3 years to get tribal approval or retire the name. Sounds like a win to me.
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Postby Perkins Pony » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:19 pm

Sue the Souix?
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Postby davidsmu94 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:24 pm

or the boy named Sue?
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Re: North Dakota kinda wins

Postby CA Mustang » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:26 pm

mrydel wrote:North Dakota Fighting Sioux has settled ts mascot suit with the NCAA. The NCAA has given them 3 years to get tribal approval or retire the name. Sounds like a win to me.


That all depends upon the tribe's position on the issue.
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Re: North Dakota kinda wins

Postby mrydel » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:11 am

CA Mustang wrote:
mrydel wrote:North Dakota Fighting Sioux has settled ts mascot suit with the NCAA. The NCAA has given them 3 years to get tribal approval or retire the name. Sounds like a win to me.


That all depends upon the tribe's position on the issue.


I agree and right now the tribes are against it but who knows that the NCAA will even exist 3 years from now.
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Postby couch 'em » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:06 pm

I don't see why Tribes would be against tasteful mascots. Without sports mascots Indians are pretty much forgotten outside of casinos, even though they live in some of the worst poverty in the country.
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Postby SMUtrojanFAN » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:48 pm

I remember reading an article a couple years back that said about 80% of the Native American population are in favor of tribal mascots. It's really a small majority that continue to raise a stink about it.
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Postby Paladin » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:57 pm

Maybe North Dakota should be known as the Fightin' Minority Casino Operators...

Does Notre Dame have to ask permission to use it's mascot too ?
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Other Ethnic mascots

Postby Perkins Pony » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:02 pm

The Highland Park Scots, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Houston Texans have popular ethnic mascots. If the Sioux don't want to inspire teams, then maybe the Aztecs or Zulus will go for it.
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