"The debate over UND’s Sioux logo and Sioux nickname is being put to rest in 2011. In order to comply with NCAA guidelines, the name is being dropped.

The debate over a name change went on for decades. Twenty-five years ago, Virgil Foss wrote in the Herald sports pages:

“The widening use of the caricature of the Sioux Indian logo — and even the use of it at all — has raised concern again at UND.”

Leigh Jeanotte, chairman of the Cultural Awareness Action committee at UND, said the logo used by the Sioux hockey team on their uniforms was offensive to some American Indians. "

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Marilyn Hagerty: THAT REMINDS ME: UND nickname raises concerns — in 1986 (The Grand Forks Herald 12/6)

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