UND surrenders 'Fighting Sioux'

Oh, for Pete’s sake. I’m Irish and I don’t get my knickers in a twist about Notre Dame’s “fighting Irish” nickname and cartoonish leprechaun mascot.

Don’t the Sioux have bigger problems to worry about like jobs, a high rate of substance abuse, etc.?

>>Seems real Native Americans don’t much care about this “controversy.”<<

Read the article.

This has nothing to do with the “Redskins”. It has to do with actual Sioux tribes in ND.

From the article:

“The name and logo, which is a profile of an American Indian man with feathers and streaks of paint on his face, could still be saved if North Dakota’s Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux tribes agree by Oct. 1 to give UND permission to use them for at least 30 years.”

I would tell them to go to hell. If they don’t like it, they can Sioux me.

Peter: Please. The poll was a general poll about the term “Redskins,” which, if anything, is much more offensive than “Fighting Sioux.”

If “Fighting Sioux” is “offensive,” than as Crimson Wife noted, “Fighting Irish,” etc. should also be banned.