We just want to know what the gianormous* difference between the use of a Native American images by the University of North Dakota, the Dakota Magic Casino, the Spirit Lake Casino and so on and so on actually is. One use of images is horrific, appauling, hostile, abusive, causes people to have a lower self-image of themselves and the other uses of the image are tributes and honors and no one sees anything wrong with them. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense- and so far no one has explained what exactly that difference is. I propose a new question-Why has that question been ignored and remained unanswered for so long?
Everyone would like to see Native American lives improve on and off the Reservations.....what can we do together to make life easier? I think everyone will agree that the problems that people on the Reservations face today were not caused by the University of North Dakota.
The Native American fans that I have seen at football and hockey games wearing the Sioux logo on their chests appear to be having a pretty good time cheering our team onto victory.
I'm actually a little surprized that an anti-nickname supporter goes to the games. What we have seen in the past is that the anti-nickname crowd does not attend games, and then makes false assumptions on what happens and takes that to be the truth. (I'm talking specifically about a hockey game last year, where the sieve chant- a chant done after one team scores a goal and then taunts the opposing goalie with being a gianormous* hole) was seen by the anti-nickname crowd on highlights of the game and mistaken for a Native American chant.
*special thanks to Will Ferrel for the word gianormous, it's one of my favorite words ever.