Galley Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 The University of North Dakota (my alma matter) was rejected again on its appeal of the NCAA's ridculous ban on "hostile and abusive" Native American nicknames. The appeal SiouxSports.com media coverage page UND Presidential Statement: Hostile and abusive??Help me understand why you think “hostile and abusive” applies to us. We have more than 25 separate programs in support of American Indian students here receiving high-end university educations. Included among these is an “Indians Into Medicine” program, now 30+ years running, that has generated 20 percent of all American Indian doctors in the United States. We have a similar program in Nursing, one in Clinical Psychology, and we are about to launch an “Indians into Aviation” program in conjunction with our world-class Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. I am very proud when I visit reservations in our state to see that a large number of the teachers, doctors, Tribal College presidents, and other leaders are graduates of the University of North Dakota. (my sister is a 2001 graduate of the UND School of Medicine, and yes there were two Native American students in her graduating class. My opinion? Native Americans are a proud and honorable people. We should be doing everything possible to preserve their culture, for theirs is the only true American culture that we have. I found this on a SiouxSports.com forum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Yeah, I think the NCAA is totally wrong on this one. It's so bias it's unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 The Fighting Sioux logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 An excellent USA Today article about UND's Ralph Engelstad Arena, and some of the old logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTUsEr Veteran Posted October 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2005 i do not understand this, most or all of these schools pay big money to use a tribes name, in the Utah the Utes get 100,000 a year plus free tickets for all the tribes members.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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