[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by tete

UND Athletics has ditched their name "the Fighting Sioux" after a North Dakota state plebescite voted overwhelmingly to dump it. Interesting that they're not allowed to pick a new name until 2015...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...kota_athletics

What I found interesting about this issue is that if UND got the 2 applicable bands/tribes (I don't mean to be using an offensive term... if those are offensive) to state that they support the Fighting Sioux name/logo, UND could keep it.

One of the bands supported the name, the other couldn't be bothered to cast a vote. Finally to settle the controversy, the issue went to plebescite.