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Leadership & Policy

UND “Fighting Sioux” Logo Supporters Put Pressure on Tribes

Tribes are leery about what’s to come over the next three years as the University of North Dakota tries to seek approval to keep the “Fighting Sioux” logo and imagery.

November 25, 2007

Native Americans

Standing Rock Tribal Council Rejects Fighting Sioux Nickname

FORT YATES, N.D. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council has voted to reaffirm its opposition to the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, a council member says.

November 15, 2007

Sports

Arkansas State U. Panel Narrows List of Names for New Mascot

JONESBORO Ark. The panel picking a new mascot name for Arkansas State University has narrowed its list to a dozen finalists.

November 14, 2007

Native Americans

Montana State University Project Aimed at Ending Shortage of American Indian Educators

PIERRE, S.D. A federal grant is funding an effort to recruit, educate and place more American Indians as administrators in schools that have larger numbers of Indian students.

November 12, 2007

Sports

UND Official Wanted More Time to State Nickname Opposition

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The leader of American Indian Student Services at the University of North Dakota says staff members were not given enough time to detail their opposition to the school’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname when a Sioux tribal delegation came to visit.

November 6, 2007

Sports

Sioux Tribal Members Visiting UND Campus

GRAND FORKS N.D. Some of the Standing Rock Sioux tribal members who visited the University of North Dakota campus this week believe UND efforts to win support for its “Fighting Sioux” nickname might be harmful.

November 6, 2007

Native Americans

Department of Interior Trying to Account for Billions Owed Indians

WASHINGTON The Interior Department is doing all it can to account for billions of dollars owed to American Indian landholders, a department official told a federal court Wednesday in legal arguments over the Indians’ 11-year-old lawsuit against the government.

October 31, 2007

Students

A Place for Native Students

An agreement between North Idaho College and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe calls for a campus longhouse to serve as a gathering place for Native American students.

October 31, 2007

Native Americans

Northwest Indian College’s Distance Learning Center Gives American Indians a Close-to-home Opportunity for Higher Education

The distance learning center for Northwest Indian College doesn’t boast a prominent sign. It sits amongst modular buildings that house the tribe’s Head Start center, where a much younger student population goes to class each day.

October 31, 2007

Students

Report: Judge Was in 1960s Student Group With Cartoon Mascot

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The judge hearing arguments in a lawsuit over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname belonged to a student group in the 1960s whose members wore a cartoon American Indian mascot on their jackets, The Forum reports in a copyright story.

October 23, 2007

Native Americans

Wisconsin Tribes Speak Out Against Offensive Sports Mascots

GREEN BAY Wis. Ahead of a state hearing this week on racially insensitive sports mascots, members of Wisconsin tribes decried the Washington Redskins’ name and logo as the NFL team played the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

October 15, 2007

Native Americans

Massachusetts students ordered to pay up or face lawsuits for music piracy

BOSTON The Recording Industry Association of America wants 83 students and staff at several Massachusetts universities to pay $3,000 each or face lawsuits for allegedly downloading music illegally using school computers.

September 20, 2007