Word: sioux
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...schedule athletic events against schools that continue to use these names. This December, Harvard’s men’s ice hockey team will play two games against my alma mater, the University of North Dakota (UND), which uses the team name “Fighting Sioux,” and given my own experience as an American Indian student at UND, I urge the Harvard team to reconsider playing these games.My story is just one of the many stories of how this issue affects UND’s American Indian students. I grew up immersed in the Dakota/Lakota...
...coalition of 90 university faculty members and human rights advocates is urging Harvard—and all NCAA Division I schools—to cease competition with teams bearing Native American names and mascots. Specifically condemning the University of Illinois Fighting Illini and the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux, the group of primarily university professors conveyed its position in a letter sent to Division I university presidents, chancellors, and athletic directors. The document encouraged them to end intercollegiate play with the 18 schools that were barred from hosting championship tournaments in an August NCAA ruling. That same decision labeled...
...University of North Dakota will use a similar approach in its bid to remain the Fighting Sioux. Says president Charles Kupchella: "We have a mission that supports Native Americans." Still, several tribes in the Dakotas have asked the school to drop the name, which Standing Rock Sioux tribal chairman Charles Murphy has called "a caricature." That term could also apply to the Savages of Southeastern Oklahoma State and the Redmen of Wisconsin's Carthage College. But both schools cite their educational partnerships with Native American groups and say they will make a community decision about the names. --By Jeninne...
Youpee-Roll—a member of the Fortpeck Sioux tribe—says that NAHC is her primary extracurricular activity and that active recruitment by the club via thefacebook.com, as well as welcoming activities early in the year, sparked her initial interest...
Head Veteran of the Powwow Marvin Burnette, a member of the Rosebud Sioux from Rosebud, S.D., said he was glad to see Native American students at Harvard, especially participating in events like the powwow...