Spirit Lake Tribal Members Reject Fighting Sioux Nickname
FORT TOTTEN, N.D.
Members of the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe, the closest tribe to the University of North Dakota campus, have voted to reject the school’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
More than 70 people packed a tribal administrative building about 90 miles west of Grand Forks to discuss the nickname this week.
Opponents of UND’s nickname and Indian-head logo presented a draft resolution calling on the school to drop them.
“(The tribe) finds that the use of the ‘Fighting Sioux’ and ‘Sioux’ names by the University of North Dakota is both dishonorable and an affront to the dignity and well being of the members of Spirit Lake,” the resolution reads.
After about an hour of discussion, the assembly rejected the nickname. The exact vote totals were not released.
