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The New DU. Reply #23: At one time it was the American Indian Movement that pushed for these changes
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Fri May-15-09 12:36 PM
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| 23. At one time it was the American Indian Movement that pushed for these changes |
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they didn't think it appropriate to use Native Americans as mascots - especially in states like North & South Dakota where the bigotry against Indians rivaled anything ever seen in Mississippi or Alabama.
The other thing with UND is that some old racist alumni left the school a ton of money provided they not give into demands and rename the teams. The school should have said "thanks, but no thanks" (to coin a phrase :evilgrin:)
And, before anyone brings up Notre Dame, it adopted "Fighting Irish" as its name when most the staff and student body were Irish. UND was using this name back when they could have gotten by not admitting any Sioux to the school.
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