Why is it that every year when I go to Maricucci, St Cloud, or the Kohl Center, going on 10 years now, There are protestors against the Fighting Sioux Name only on the nights that the media is present and then the next night nothing but a few people shouting demeaning slogans about the vikings and what if you called yourself the fighting white people or Wascu, which is a moniker on the Bridges Website. These groups bring out Nazi flags and draw swatikas on posters and shout things in the same demeaning way that they are protesting against. The true nature of this whole issue is legacy for both the University and the Sioux people of the prairie. It is one that will fade away if the name is allowed to disappear and all that will be left in North Dakota is the image of Indian Casinos and reservations with auto salvage yards in the front yard. I for one do not agree with the Sioux Tribes stance on the removal of the wonderful legacy that is the Fighting Sioux of North Dakota. I am of Native American blood and although that I am not 100 % or in the words of the Bridges Community, "NOT INDIAN ENOUGH." I will raise my nieces and nephews all of whom are mixed tribe Native Americans that HONOR, INTERGRITY, and LOYALTY are true values and that when they speak, or give, they can not just take it back! That is the taboo that Native Americans hate to be used in american culture, "Indian Giving," and no matter what they say or how they spin it! The Native Americans of North Dakota gave North Dakota the Fighting Sioux Name, they inducted the current president of the time into the tribe, and started a family relationship with North Dakota that has benefitted not only Indian Students but MANY, MANY, MANY, non Indian Students. The groups raising cain about the anti jewish stuff have stood idle for many years and not once defended UND in the use of these Nazi symbols against the name of the Univeristy but now for their benefit they are using shame politics to gain attention for alterior motives. These groups are just jocking for power with the new president.