BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Senate has voted to allow
the University of North Dakota to get rid of its Fighting Sioux
nickname.
Senators voted 39-7 on Tuesday to repeal an earlier bill that
ordered UND to keep the Fighting Sioux athletics name and an
American Indian logo.
The new bill says UND can get rid of the nickname, but it can't
approve another name before January 2015.
The measure now goes to the North Dakota House. The bill's
supporters believe it will be approved, but the vote could be
close.
UND wants to drop the nickname and logo to get out from under
NCAA sanctions. The NCAA says the nickname is "hostile and
abusive" to American Indians.
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