I posted this on another board, and I wanted you all to see it as well.
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If anybody here that should be offended by an Native American name like the Fighting Sioux, it should be me*. It's not because I am Native American or partially NA. I'm actually mostly German with some Scottish in me. But, on my dad's mother side of the family, I have a very famous victim of Sioux violence. General George Custer. Should I be pissed off about there being a team out there that glamorizes the people who bumped him off? I could be, but I'm not. I know damn well it was his stubborn pride and pigheadedness (Runs in the Family!) that led him to go into the Little Big Horn when he could have pulled out, or have even surrendered his forces as well. Hell, given what I know about him, he was pretty darn lucky to make it as far as he did without having somebody wack him. Lucky me eh??
My point is, that other people on a side of this issue can have an oppinion that does count even though they don't have a drop of NA blood in them. I haven't seen anything wrong with how North Dakota has used the name Sioux for their teams, other than perhaps they should drop the "Fighting" part. That's pretty much the same for the Illini, Chipawa's, and Seminoles. Some of the Generic team names, like Redman, Redskins, Indians, Braves, Warriors and Savages probably should go, but if schools have a local tribe or more that support that school's use of that name, well, I don't see a need for any changes then.
* Me being used to make a point, so lay off.
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