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I also want to thank the people of Grand Forks and UND. To have 200 people stay for lunch after the funeral was very comforting to my family. We got to talk to a lot of folks, reminisce and console each other.

Thank you for all of the kind words and thanks to vlarson for posting this topic. My dad was my hero in life and I will miss him every day. Please pray for my mother, as this will be extremely hard on her as they celebrated their 50th anniversary this past summer. If you would like to read the obituary or find out how to give to Sioux BB as a memorial to Bing, it is posted on Amundson Funeral Home's website. Thanks.

From Buckyland ....Sioux name should remain

Minnesota to continue ban of UND

And now for something completely different..... A sad but understandable compromise

So with the NCAA changing their bylaws to allow for a committee to declare edicts from on high, who are they setting their sights on next? Could it be someone like this.. You never know where they may go next.

I realize that USD was the first of the Dakota schools, but I didn't realize that they were going through a possible name change. My point was that UND predates North Dakota.

From today's editorial page....Settlement showed courage, leadership This is the part that convinced me that we may have been able to win the battle, but would ultimately lose the war. For some reason the BTO song "Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" keeps popping in my head.

Gotta love the irony of it all. With the Sitting Bull statue and some of the logos to still be in place at REA, having no new nickname/logo and using "Dakota" on the jerseys will play quite nicely. And since UND (1883) predates North Dakota (1889), Dakota fits historically with the Dakota Territory.

Just tossing one out there. UND Legends. The logo could be Teddy Roosevelt. Neither the name or the logo are original ideas. Siouxrunner had the name idea here and I think a number of people have mentioned having TR as a logo. I'm still on board with keeping the current name and logo first, if that does't work out having no nickname or logo and just using "Dakota" on the uniforms, but I just wanted to toss out another option for thought.

According to paragraph 2.d. of the agreement, UND would be placed back on the list if the transition to a new nickname/logo isn't complete by the stipulated date. If UND decided dump the Fighting Sioux name and not to have a nickname/logo, I can't believe the NCAA would put UND back on the list. That would be rather foolish. UND could just say, we choose "no nickname/logo".

I like the idea of no new nickname. The basketball teams could have Dakota on the front. We could have a football helmet similar to what I said here. Hockey could go back to the "North Dakota". I will miss the logo, but UND will always be the Sioux to me and I don't think I like any of the nicknames that I've heard, even the ones that I've thought of.

UND LAWSUIT: Settlement The more I read about the settlement, the more I think that Stenehjem got the best deal he could get, knowing that this could have been extended for years, costing millions and the NCAA could just simply change their by-laws and force UND to change the name.

Weren't there elections last month at Standing Rock. Perhaps there has been a change in the council that is more supportive of the population and he isn't liking that fact??? I agree with The Sicatoka, the fact that Standing Rock and Spirit Lake have to put up or shut up will be interesting to watch. It's like someone who is running for office and they are continually tearing down their opponent. They finally win the election and say "now what do I do", only this is worse because not only can it cost you your personal prestige it can also cost the people of Standing Rock and Spirit Lake in the long run. A weight has just been put on Ron His Horse is Thunder. He won't sleep well tonight. I'm placing the odds on getting approval at 50/50. If it doesn't happen, we move on. If that happens, the real losers in the situation are going to be the people of Standing Rock and Spirit Lake and they can look within for blame.

From Article 2.c. Does anyone know what means are allowed in the Tribe's constitution? Is it possible that the AG office knows of a means to obtain approval from both Spirit Lake and Standing Rock of which we are not aware?

Sports Illustrated article Fighting Sioux name lawsuit settled

I think some folks at UND have some work to do in the next 3 years. Go Sioux !!!

State board approves nickname settlement

I've shown the clip of this goal to a number of people, some that know nothing about hockey and they have all marveled. One thing that hit me while watching it for the 10th time is how Toews handled himself. He celebrated with his teammates at the board, skated over and sat on the bench. If this had been an NFL game and some rookie running back had scored a touchdown of beauty, he likely would have been taunting the other team or doing some other "me me me" antics. Gotta love hockey!

NDUS meetings are typically held on Thursdays according to the meeting schedule. They probably moved this meeting from Thursday to Friday for October to accommodate this issue.

I wonder if Judge Jahnke didn't tell the NCAA that they better get this thing settled or he would reconsider the document sealing motion. It seems as though this happened very quickly after he denied the request that they be opened.

They got one black eye today with the presidential search committee article. They would be yelling for Mick to cut their eyes open (ala Rocky) if they caved now.

Forum editoriarl: N.D. open records law must apply

U policy on UND mascot stands I guess I will never understand how UND is trivializing American Indian history. If anything it brings it more to the forefront and when done with respect, which is what UND does, can porivde a deeper understanding of the history of the Sioux in North Dakota.

Very sad.