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April 6th, 2010 - Standing Rock Council Decision


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My take on this issue is very simple: the nickname was retired the moment that the state agreed to the deal with the NCAA.

It was inevitable. There was too much residual opposition in the tribes for both to agree to keeping the nickname. And, most pertinent to the issue, there was nothing in the deal that forbids the state from retiring the nickname before the deadline.

Actually I'll take it further than that.

UND could've avoided this a long time ago if they had treated the tribes like business partners in the usage of the name and treated the Sioux tribes with the same respect as the state's Chippewa tribes.

If both of those happen, then you don't have the opposition in the tribes to the nickname and this would've been settled years ago.

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