American Indians sue over nickname for sports team
A group of American Indians has sued the University of North Dakota to demand it continue calling its sports teams “the Fighting Sioux.” UND was going to retire its supposedly offensive team nickname, but the local Spirit Lake Tribe says it considers the name a tribute. “When you hear them announce the name at the start of a hockey game,” said tribe member Frank Black Cloud, “it gives you goose bumps.”
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