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Fighting Sioux forced by NCAA to change mascot, brand
NewsChief.com ^ | November 15, 2010 | Dave Kolpack

Posted on 11/15/2010 1:37:51 PM PST by Fiji Hill

Edited on 11/15/2010 2:36:07 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Published: Monday, November 15, 2010 at 2:37 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 15, 2010 at 2:37 p.m.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Duke without the Blue Devil? Notre Dame without the Fighting Irish? Most students and alumni at those proud universities wouldn't dream of dropping those enduring symbols of school pride.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: North Dakota
KEYWORDS: chat; dakota; fightingsioux; indians; lakota; ncaa; nd; pc; sioux; sports; tribes; und
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To: dfwgator
But they have phased out the use of “Scalp ‘Em.”

What do you suppose our 'chop' symbolizes?!

Only one group of Indians -- the Seminoles -- successfully resisted removal from their lands and they did so fiercely. 1st Seminole War, 2nd Seminole War, 3rd Seminole War. Three strikes and you’re out. The Seminoles place in history was assured as the only American Indian tribe never to have signed a peace treaty with the United States Government.

61 posted on 11/15/2010 2:06:30 PM PST by Sax
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To: Fiji Hill

Will the Utah Utes be the next to go?


62 posted on 11/15/2010 2:06:42 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Fiji Hill

So Proud ‘Fighting Sioux’ is an insult?

Wow.

I would counter that the NCAA could accidentally be construed to mean No College for African Americans.

It’s time they changed their initials damn it. How racist can you get?


63 posted on 11/15/2010 2:06:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Your next chance like this? About 2044. Vote popularity and don't waste time with the details.)
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To: Puppage
How ‘bout Fighting Sue

Amen! They should fight and they should sue.

64 posted on 11/15/2010 2:09:39 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Oh sure... because we all know that to be labeled as an Injun is an embarrassment. /s < grumble >


65 posted on 11/15/2010 2:12:10 PM PST by RingerSIX (Better dead than red.)
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To: dfwgator

How about the “Fighting Seventh Cav”?LOL


66 posted on 11/15/2010 2:12:32 PM PST by TexConfederate1861
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To: Fiji Hill
Since the World Series ended my sports consumption is way down. Usually, I have football on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

I don't know if I've watched a quarter -- and I mean cumulatively -- this year.

67 posted on 11/15/2010 2:14:18 PM PST by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: ZULU
Joseph would still likely fight the NCAA to stop the elimination of Indian history and presence in the US.

When I wuz a kid the BSA were quite Indian centric, promoting the good parts of the cultures.

68 posted on 11/15/2010 2:14:20 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Flycatcher
Will the Utah Utes be the next to go?

"The what?"

69 posted on 11/15/2010 2:14:38 PM PST by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: Fiji Hill

They should adopt the ‘Invading Illegal Immigrants’ as their mascot. No one on the left will dare speak ill of that choice.


70 posted on 11/15/2010 2:15:05 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Paladin2

Chief Joseph and leaders like him were MEN.

Something most American politicians of the day would never understand.


71 posted on 11/15/2010 2:15:47 PM PST by ZULU (No nation which tried to tolerate Islam escaped Islamization.)
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To: Fiji Hill

The school should find a tribe that will support them and just use that name and keep all the Indian related stuff.


72 posted on 11/15/2010 2:17:01 PM PST by School of Rational Thought (Job needed. Anything! Philly area.)
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To: Fiji Hill

The Sioux nation should take some of their casino money and sue the NCAA for discrimination.


73 posted on 11/15/2010 2:17:50 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Fiji Hill

http://www.native-languages.org/languages.htm

There should be a Quinnipiac Poll. Oops.


74 posted on 11/15/2010 2:19:25 PM PST by School of Rational Thought (Job needed. Anything! Philly area.)
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To: Fiji Hill

Includes the Following States

Iowa | Kansas | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | North Dakota | South Dakota

Includes the Following Indian Tribes

Apache ( Jicarilla) Arapaho Arikara Assiniboin Blackfoot Brulé Sioux Caddo Cheyenne Cherokee Chippewa Chiwere Family Comanche Dakota (Sioux) Delaware Dotame Foxes Gros Ventre Hathawekela (Absentee Shawnee) Hidatsa Hunkpapa Illinois Iowa Iroquois Kansa Kickapoo Kiowa Kiowa Apache Mdewakanton Sioux Miami Mandan Missouri Moingwena Munsee Oglala Ojibwa Omaha Osage Oto Ottawa Pawnee Peoria Ponca Potawatomi Quapaw San Arcs Sauk Santee Seneca Shawnee Sisseton Skidi Sutaio Teton Sioux Winnebago Wyandot


75 posted on 11/15/2010 2:23:07 PM PST by School of Rational Thought (Job needed. Anything! Philly area.)
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To: 70th Division

“NCAA= Not Consistant About Anything.”

Let’s just see whether those punks will take on the Seminoles of FSU!/s;)


76 posted on 11/15/2010 2:23:10 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: dfwgator

They should just rename to The Mighty Sioux. How can that be considered hostile or abusive?


77 posted on 11/15/2010 2:25:03 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
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To: dfwgator

Hilarious movie.


78 posted on 11/15/2010 2:25:26 PM PST by FReepaholic (Yoiks...and away!!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Whats next all states that have names that are indian deriviatives will have to change them too. North Dakota, South dakota, Wiconsin, Minnesota, Iowa (Idiots Out Wandering Around - is apt though).

What is next going after professional sports teams. Okay go after Green Bay - in French it means bay of stinking water.

Come now PC run amok. More BS from the liberalization of america. hey I like traveling through the land of 10,000 Lakes. Yes, at times the city by the bay truly does have stinking water. I mean the people of Green Bay may become offended by its French deriative. Next they will say Chicago will have to change its name from the Bulls and Bears, because it is offensive to animals - (deriative the stock market). The Dolphins next, Marlins after that Sun Devils too. PC correctness needs to stop. The Sioux Indian Nation has an honored tradition. Pretty soon in Wisconsin they will make the cities change there names from indian deritives Tomahawk, Wisconsin what will that become. How about Oconomowoc? Milwaukee? Waukesha? or in Michigan Hell Michiagn will have to change its name because it is offensive to some. How about Intercourse PA, does that offend some and lastly Spread Eagle Wisconsin in Florence County is that offensive to the eagles or does it have a sexual connection. PC correctness will screw over the names that have become offensive to whom. Take pride in your history and tell the PC rowd to drop their drawers and slide across a frozen lake.


79 posted on 11/15/2010 2:25:52 PM PST by hondact200 ( Lincoln Freed the Enslaved. Obama Enslaves the Free. Obama is Americas Greatest Threat)
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To: Fiji Hill

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indianlocation.htm

Tribes by location

Image if all the towns, states, rivers, etc. had to be changed.


80 posted on 11/15/2010 2:26:11 PM PST by School of Rational Thought (Job needed. Anything! Philly area.)
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