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  1. 1. What name should replace "Fighting Sioux" after it's retired?

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Did you grow up in that area, GoalieMask?

Brickmakers was an awesome nickname.

I did - native of Dickinson. i miss the attention that high school sports received out there. Here college sports rules and that is fantastic, but there is something special about the way those small Class B town lived (and worshipped) their HS teams.

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How can Bismarck get away with being the Demons, but yet DL couldn't stay the Satans? Just like Fighting Sioux and Fighting Irish, I just don't get it.

I'm pretty sure that the Devils Lake school board changed the name because of complaints by parents. They weren't forced by an outside agency. Parents complained and some held their kids out of school, the school board listened to the parents. There doesn't seem to be the same interest in Bismarck, at least enough to force a change right now.
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I'm pretty sure that the Devils Lake school board changed the name because of complaints by parents. They weren't forced by an outside agency. Parents complained and some held their kids out of school, the school board listened to the parents. There doesn't seem to be the same interest in Bismarck, at least enough to force a change right now.

Reverend Dick.

No, I can't make that up. He was a Baptist minister in Devils Lake and spearheaded the campaign to get rid of the name.

Yup. Reverend Dick.

http://espn.go.com/moresports/news/2002/0820/1420455.html

Posted

love the Honkers...... although some old white guys with poor hearing may misinterpret that one and cause another controversy.

What about the Fighting Drakes...the logo could be an animated drake mallard with his dukes up and a mean grin...

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How can Bismarck get away with being the Demons, but yet DL couldn't stay the Satans? Just like Fighting Sioux and Fighting Irish, I just don't get it.

Tell me about it. I was a member of the last class to be the Satans in 03...at the state hockey tournament the radio announcers jokingly called us the Devils Lake "Nothings"...then cam the Sioux debacle. I just can't win when it comes to logos lol.

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Correct...I wont call any names out but I know a few for sure who were pushing to change the name.

I'll say it again.

Reverend.....Dick. Seriously, that was his name.

You just can't make that stuff up... :lol:

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I'll say it again.

Reverend.....Dick. Seriously, that was his name.

You just can't make that stuff up... :lol:

Haha yeah that situation was something else. There were a couple other religious figures who were involved as well.

Posted

Haha yeah that situation was something else. There were a couple other religious figures who were involved as well.

Oh, I know...

But, it's so much fun mentioning his name. :)

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I have always liked Fighting Mallards or Prairie Mallards or Ducks - Drakes would be to gender related for the PCers

The Fighting Medowlarks? State bird, could work with a mascot too.

Posted

Satan and Demons are not the same, ask anyone who ever raised a two year old. While you can still love the little demons, you cannot love a Satan.

I have 3 kids and it stop at 2 years old. ;)

Posted

I would feel better to use UND Flame rather then flames like a hockey team in the great white north. (Taken from posts in June 2011) - However I would prefer just UND because Sioux would be informally used by the fans. Flame without an (s) so it is unique and part of our heritage based on school motto of "Lux et Lex"(Latin) meaning "Light and Law". Flame could work if we had to choose. But not Flame(s)! I have a forty two year history as a student and alum - hard to let go of Sioux because one of my best friends father was 100% Sioux and a Medal of Honor recipient. Both father and son are now deceased and not sure how today they would have felt about the use of the name Sioux. I heard rumors that UND may have the uniform from this great american. That would be cool since my grandmother used to sew the medals on his uniform. This man was a fighting American who was loved by people who shared his ancestry.

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