Those fighting Sioux nickname lose sight of most Indian views

Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | November 12, 2006 | Katherine Kersten

[rhema]

UND gets reprieve on Sioux name

AND

NCAA won't appeal ruling in UND nickname case

[Lando Lincoln]

The Dickenson, ND high school team name is the Midgets (at least, it used to be).

[georgiarat]

An the NCAA does not appear to care that a chief of the Sioux nation was on hand and endorsed the use of the nickname when it was chosen.

[highball]

"It must have been hard to rally people around the Flickertails,"

I don't know about that.

Fans don't seem to have a hard time rallying around the Badgers or the Tarheels, or any number of other goofy names.

Heck, the University of Texas named itself after an animal that we eat!

[newgeezer]

Never mind

That's what the PC police have been saying all along. Never mind the facts. Facts be damned. Sure, those facts are true, but they really don't matter. The morally-superior, deep-thinking PC police know what's best for everyone.

Those who disagree with the PC police are just a bunch of imbeciles missing the big picture.

[newgeezer]

"Buckeyes" is rather funny, too (just a fancy acorn, right?).

And what the heck is a "Hawkeye" anyway?

[KarlInOhio]

When will the NCAA "realize" that the Dakota part of North Dakota refers to Indians and will thus have to be eliminated in order to respect the Indians?

We can never truly respect the Indians until we have eliminated any reference to or memory of them. < /sarcasm which goes to 11>

[CaliPhant]

To these people if only one person complains they feel they have a duty to force ND to stop using the name.

They're still trying to create a world where nobody who leaves their home gets offended.

[July 4th]

Fans don't seem to have a hard time rallying around the Badgers or the Tarheels

What's goofy about the Badgers? The Buckeye - that's one I don't get!

[i_dont_chat]

A hawkeye is someone/something which can see like a hawk. Very good eyesight. That's my guess.

[skr]

I just checked...it still is! I wonder what the story is behind the name.

[Lando Lincoln]

Pound-for-pound, the North American badger will stack up against most critters for orneriness.

[Doomonyou]

A couple of my favorites are the "Screaming Squid" and the "Dirtbags."

[AmishDude]

And the silence regarding the anti-Hellenism of USC and Michigan State is deafening.

[AmishDude]

I'm sure the NCAA approves of the Franklin and Marshall Diplomats.

[Lucky Dog]

The "Tarheels" is nick name that goes back to the Civil War when a group of NC Confederate soldiers held their position so tenaciously that one observer commented that they were solidly emplaced that they had “tar on their heels” and couldn’t move.

Far from a goofy nickname it is a name won in honor on the battlefield.

The same is true of the Tennessee Volunteers although the origin of that nick name is even older---going all the way back to the Creek Indian War and Andrew Jackson.

You might want to do a little research before you call a nick name “goofy.”

[Lando Lincoln]

I wonder what the story is behind the name.

I've often wondered also. BTW, I misspelled Dickinson.

Lando

[July 4th]

Great pic! When I was in school at Wisconsin, a group of students had looked at getting a real live badger for the football sidelines. (Along the lines of the Georgia Bulldog, etc.) But apparently, after talking to a number of animal experts, they discovered that the badger does not take well to human handling...

[Doomonyou]

How about these guys?

[Doomonyou]

they discovered that the badger does not take well to human handling...

More like humans do not take well to Badger thrashings!