Indian nicknames in the news

[Prison_Mike]

I vote for this flag

[SIOUXFAN97]

13 hours ago, WiSioux said:

Not a nickname but feast your eyes on the final six candidates for the new Minnesota state flag....

 

https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-emblems-redesign-commission-aims-to-pick-five-finalists-tuesday-for-new-flag-seal/600321457/

 

The finalists favored by commission members signal a dramatic shift in imagery from Minnesota's long-standing state flag and seal, which have been criticized for decades as offensive to the state's tribal communities.

The seal, which is at the center of the state flag, shows a white settler plowing a field in the foreground while a Native American man rides on horseback into the sunset. Others have criticized the flag as poorly designed and too similar to other state flags.

minnesapolis........detroit is on line 1

[nodak651]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:19 AM, terbele said:

Hmmm Maybe Fighting Hawks isnt so bad.  From the Chicago Tribune.

As Illinois tries to move on from Chief Illiniwek, the belted kingfisher is gaining highly visible support as potential mascot for university

I'd take any name that is unique to UND over a generic hawk.

[The Sicatoka]

Kingfisher?
KINGfisher.

That's patriarchal and male biased. 

Next. 

[Hayduke1]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Kingfisher?
KINGfisher.

That's patriarchal and male biased. 

Next. 

 

[bison73]

On 11/21/2023 at 9:08 PM, WiSioux said:

Not a nickname but feast your eyes on the final six candidates for the new Minnesota state flag....

 

https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-emblems-redesign-commission-aims-to-pick-five-finalists-tuesday-for-new-flag-seal/600321457/

 

The finalists favored by commission members signal a dramatic shift in imagery from Minnesota's long-standing state flag and seal, which have been criticized for decades as offensive to the state's tribal communities.

The seal, which is at the center of the state flag, shows a white settler plowing a field in the foreground while a Native American man rides on horseback into the sunset. Others have criticized the flag as poorly designed and too similar to other state flags.

I do not understand why people think they need to change something just for the sake of change. What a waste of time and resources.

[siouxfaninseattle]

23 hours ago, nodak651 said:

I'd take any name that is unique to UND over a generic hawk.

There is a lot of cleansing of the gene pool that needs to be done.

[SIOUXFAN97]

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38970420/nhl-nixes-marc-andre-fleury-mask-honoring-native-americans

 

[cberkas]

 

[fightingsioux4life]

2 minutes ago, cberkas said:

A rare moment of sanity on this issue.

[petey23]

On 11/22/2023 at 11:04 PM, bison73 said:

I do not understand why people think they need to change something just for the sake of change. What a waste of time and resources.

Somaliasota it is!

[siouxfaninseattle]

1 hour ago, cberkas said:

 

Minnesota got it right.

40 minutes ago, petey23 said:

Somaliasota it is!

Minnesota got it wrong.

[Siouxperfan7]

#Warriors Forever

Warroad's 'Warriors' nickname, logo will stay after surviving legislative challenge

https://www.therinklive.com/high-school/minnesota-hockey/warroads-warriors-nickname-logo-will-stay-after-surviving-legislative-challenge

[sioux rube]

4 hours ago, petey23 said:

Somaliasota it is!

 

[CMSioux]

14 hours ago, petey23 said:

Somaliasota it is!

Your comment says more about you than you think. 

The selected design, conceived by Andrew Prekker of Luverne, Minnesota, consists of a dark blue silhouette accented by a white eight-point North Star. Prekker’s inspiration came from other state flags recognized for their simplicity and memorability, such as Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. However, his primary inspiration came from Minnesota itself, its motto “L’etoile Du Nord,” meaning “star of the north,” and its rich history.

Prekker explains that each color represents a different facet of Minnesota’s identity. The white stripe symbolizes snow and winter, the green stripe signifies the state’s natural beauty and the importance of agriculture, and the light blue stripe acknowledges Minnesota’s numerous lakes, the birthplace of the Mississippi River, and its name derived from the Dakota language, describing “a place of sky-tinted water.”

[Oxbow6]

1 hour ago, CMSioux said:

That says more about you than you think.

Ummmmmm.....actually you responding says more about you than him.

.......but feel free to attend your next "Free Palestine" march.

[GeauxSioux]

Petey23 seems to have nailed this.  Someone posted a comment in the Star Tribune that the flag looks like the Jubaland and Puntland flags in Somalia.  Can't say that I can argue against that...

Flag of Jubaland

Flag of Puntland

[CMSioux]

24 minutes ago, GeauxSioux said:

Petey23 seems to have nailed this.  Someone posted a comment in the Star Tribune that the flag looks like the Jubaland and Puntland flags in Somalia.  Can't say that I can argue against that...

Flag of Jubaland

Flag of Puntland

And who would have thought it from a white guy from Laverne, MN. 

[siouxfaninseattle]

Nice to see that not everyone bows to the cancel culture.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newly-elected-school-board-deals-immediate-blow-to-cancel-culture-by-reinstating-controversial-logo/ar-BB1h8Omz?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=a1acc32efaae44eeb990fe961c53588f&ei=64

 

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 12/19/2023 at 10:09 AM, CMSioux said:

And who would have thought it from a white guy from Laverne, MN. 

u do have to admit minnys new flag does have some similarities to those two flags from somalia

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 12/19/2023 at 8:16 AM, Oxbow6 said:

Ummmmmm.....actually you responding says more about you than him.

.......but feel free to attend your next "Free Palestine" march riot

fixed

[zonadub]

1 hour ago, siouxfaninseattle said:

Nice to see that not everyone bows to the cancel culture.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newly-elected-school-board-deals-immediate-blow-to-cancel-culture-by-reinstating-controversial-logo/ar-BB1h8Omz?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=a1acc32efaae44eeb990fe961c53588f&ei=64

 

"The SYCSD school board stands as a role model and blueprint for other communities fighting for their Native names and imagery," the North Dakota-basedNative American Guardians Association (NAGA) said in a statement
 

Five of the newcomers were elected in November after the sudden removal of the popular image in 2021 — and an effort to rewrite the region’s Native American history — spurred community anger and action. 

"This movement was about erasing Native American culture and I wasn’t about to stand for it," Jennifer Henkel, a mother of three children and one of the new school board members

[90siouxfan]

Been my opinion for a long time that removing the Fighting Sioux name was a Chippewa jab at a long time foe...

[cberkas]

1 hour ago, 90siouxfan said:

Been my opinion for a long time that removing the Fighting Sioux name was a Chippewa jab at a long time foe...

They don't seem to concerned about Central Michigan's name, but to hell with the rest. 

[90siouxfan]

55 minutes ago, cberkas said:

They don't seem to concerned about Central Michigan's name, but to hell with the rest. 

Not familiar that situation...