Posted on 11/01/2011 10:47:32 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
Spirit Lake Tribal Council representatives announced this morning that legal action has been taken against the NCAA over the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
According to attorney Reed Soderstrom, representing the Committee of Understanding and Respect, and Archie Fool Bear, individually and on behalf of 1,004 petitioners from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the lawsuit against the NCAA was filed in response to their ruling on the nickname and subsequent sanctions.
The lawsuit involves 12 counts, including copyright infringement, lack of jurisdiction and “intentional infliction of emotional distress on the Sioux people.”
Perhaps the lawsuit papers were served at NCAA headquarters.
You know, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Indians are the good guys in this. They like the name being used by the college and are insulted that the NCAA thinks the name of their tribe is somehow offensive and should not be used. The tribe is telling the PC libs at the NCAA to lighten up.
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His name was Jeremiah Johnson, and they say he wanted to be a mountain man. The story goes that he was a man of proper wit and adventurous spirit, suited to the mountains. Nobody knows whereabouts he come from and don’t seem to matter much. He was a young man and ghosty stories about the tall hills didn’t scare him none...
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Liver Eatin’ Johnston’s wife (who was pregnant at the time) was actually killed by a random raiding party of Blackfeet not in revenge for a violation of their burial grounds. She was killed in the Spring while Johnston was off trapping and he didn’t return to find her body until several months later. He identified the band that had killed her because he recognized a Tennessee rifle he had given her in the possession of a Crow warrior. Also, rather than isolated incidents as shown in the movie, Johnston often recruited other mountain men as well as Indians (particularly Flatheads) to help him with his vendetta. The part about the warriors sent to kill him and told not to return without his scalp was true.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/
The 3000 Hurons living today are located just outside Quebec. I just visited them this summer. Some work local jobs and go to local schools; others prefer to live out in the wilderness north of Quebec. They told me they once numbered 25,000. They also sided with us in the Revolutionary War. They used to occupy a relatively large territory, but there final destination was Quebec.
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