North Dakota Moves to Discontinue Use of ‘Fighting Sioux,’ Satisfying Legal Settlement

The final chapter is being written on the legal controversy over the Fighting Sioux nickname.   North Dakota's Board of Higher Education voted 8-0 last month to require the state’s flagship school, University of North Dakota, to cease using the Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo.   The Board did leave the door open a crack for UND, allowing it to preserve its use of the nickname and logo if, by Oct. 1, 2009, it could get the state’s Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux tri