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Standing Rock chairman wants no nickname deadline Nov 2 2009 12:36PM
Standing Rock tribal Chairman Charles
Murphy says the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux
nickname is not at the top of his administration's priorities right
now but he's willing to talk about it if no deadlines are imposed.
In a letter
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| Standing Rock chairman wants no nickname deadline Nov 2 2009 12:36PM
Standing Rock tribal Chairman Charles
Murphy says the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux
nickname is not at the top of his administration's priorities right
now but he's willing to talk about it if no deadlines are imposed.
In a letter
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| Man who bought bald eagle sentenced Oct 27 2009 7:14AM
A man who bought a bald eagle that was
shot on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation has been given two years
probation.
Authorities said 52-year-old Kim Robertson pleaded guilty Monday
to purchasing the bird from his brother, James. The 44-year-ol
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 27 2009 7:00AM
North Dakota State University researchers
say much of this year's hard red spring wheat and durum crop in the
Upper Midwest made top quality. A big reason is good weather during
the growing season.
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) The Red River Basin Co
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 23 2009 2:13AM
A Fort Totten woman has been sentenced to
six-and-a-half years in prison on a voluntary manslaughter charge
for stabbing her boyfriend to death. Authorities say Rebecca Brown
stabbed the man in January on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
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| Woman sentenced to 6 1/2 years for boyfriend's death... Oct 22 2009 8:32PM
A woman has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in
prison for stabbing her boyfriend to death.
Rebecca Brown of Fort Totten was sentenced Thursday on a
voluntary manslaughter charge.
Authorities said the 49-year-old Brown stabbed 36-year-old Dere
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| ND marks First Nations Day Oct 9 2009 3:45PM
On First Nations Day, state and tribal
leaders said it was time to reflect on the contributions of Native
Americans.
Gov. John Hoeven signed a First Nations Day proclamation during
a special ceremony Friday at the state Capitol.
Spirit Lak
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Sioux Nickname Deadline Delayed Oct 2 2009 11:47AM
The debate over the UND Fighting Sioux logo and nickname isn't over.
The State Board of Higher Education says it needs more time to make a decision about keepingor dropping the indian head logo.
The board today voted to extend the deadline for a de
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UND - Extension Oct 1 2009 7:08PM
The UND Fighting Sioux nickname stays...for now.
Today, the North Dakota Board of Higher Education voted to approve a thirty day extension.
The decision gives the Standing Rock tribal council time to decide if it will support the nickname.
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Charles Murphy Wins Oct 1 2009 12:58PM
The Board of Higher Ed's vote comes a day after the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council election...
Former Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Charles Murphy defeated incumbent Ron His Horse
Is Thunder to win back the job.
Unofficial resu
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 29 2009 11:12AM
The post office in the northeast North Dakota
town of Crary is closing and its future is uncertain.
U.S. Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says the postmaster
resigned and no one applied to fill the job. Service at the post
office was being
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| Antinickname rally set at UND Sep 29 2009 7:42AM
Opponents of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo are planning
a rally at the university's American Indian center.
The Wednesday rally will come a day before the state Board of
Higher Education is schedul
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Sioux Deadline Approaching Sep 28 2009 11:00PM
Will the University of North Dakota have to banish its "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo?
As of right now, the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe has given its approval to keep the Sioux but the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has not.
The tribal council chairman there
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Fighting Sioux Nickname and Logo Sep 28 2009 10:59PM
The future of the "Fighting Sioux" nickname is a fiery debate exploding from the UND campus in Grand Forks... to different reservations and communities around the country.
Reporter Amber Schatz travels to the one place where approval is still needed to k
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 26 2009 2:13AM
Three Fargo police officers are being credited
with helping save people in an apartment building from a Wednesday
night fire that killed one of the residents.
The fire broke out after 11 o'clock at night, when many in the
building were asleep.
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| Fighting Sioux nickname may get new deadline Sep 25 2009 4:41PM
The state Board of Higher [[kxtopic:education:t[education]:t]] will
discuss whether to extend an Oct. 1 deadline for changing the
University of [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]]'s Fighting Sioux nickname.
The board has scheduled a teleph
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 25 2009 11:12AM
Authorities have identified a man who died in
an apartment building fire in Fargo.
Authorities say 27-year-old William Nelson was found in the
hallway outside his third-floor apartment late Wednesday. They say
he died as a result of the fire.
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| Official Spirit Lake nickname support opposed Sep 25 2009 7:35AM
Members of the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe
who oppose the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname
say they will seek reversal of a Tribal Council resolution
supporting the moniker.
Erich Longie says opponents plan to meet with the Counc
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 20 2009 2:13AM
The Spirit Lake Sioux tribe has passed
a resolution supporting the University of North Dakota's Fighting
Sioux nickname. A tribe spokeswoman says the council hopes the
resolution prompts the Standing Rock Sioux tribe to support UND's
nickname. The No
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| Spirit Lake tribe OKs measure supporting UND Sep 19 2009 6:40PM
The Spirit Lake Sioux tribe has passed
a resolution supporting the University of North Dakota's Fighting
Sioux nickname.
Tribal council members adopted the measure on Friday. The vote
was unanimous.
The resolution confirms the results of a
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Sioux Nickname Gets Positive Vote Sep 17 2009 7:38PM
The deadline for the Fighting Sioux nickname at UND is two weeks away, and there's news today that the name and logo got support from one of two Sioux tribes in the state.
The Spirit Lake Tribal Council has formally acknowledged that 67-percent of its me
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| Here is the latest Minnesota sports from The AP Sep 17 2009 4:34PM
The Minnesota Wild have signed right wing
Petr Sykora to a one-year contract. Sykora was fourth on the
Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins last season with 46 points
in 76 games. He has 300 career goals and has been in the Stanley
Cup finals fiv
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| Here is the latest Minnesota sports from The AP Sep 17 2009 4:34PM
The Minnesota Wild have signed right wing
Petr Sykora to a one-year contract. Sykora was fourth on the
Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins last season with 46 points
in 76 games. He has 300 career goals and has been in the Stanley
Cup finals fiv
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| Here is the latest Minnesota sports from The AP Sep 17 2009 4:34PM
The Minnesota Wild have signed right wing
Petr Sykora to a one-year contract. Sykora was fourth on the
Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins last season with 46 points
in 76 games. He has 300 career goals and has been in the Stanley
Cup finals fiv
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 17 2009 4:13PM
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is
praising a new $856 billion proposal to overhaul the nation's
health care system as an important step in the process.
The plan proposed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max
Baucus of Montana would cover abou
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| Chairman says tribe won't approve Fighting Sioux Sep 17 2009 4:13PM
The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux
tribe says tribal officials will continue to oppose the University
of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, even if he loses his
re-election bid later this month.
Ron His Horse Is Thunder spoke to the st
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| Chairman says tribe won't approve Fighting Sioux Sep 17 2009 4:13PM
The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux
tribe says tribal officials will continue to oppose North Dakota's
Fighting Sioux nickname even if he loses his re-election bid later
this month.
Ron His Horse Is Thunder spoke to the state Board of Higher
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 17 2009 4:13PM
The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux
tribe says tribal officials will continue to oppose the University
of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, even if he loses his
re-election bid later this month.
Ron His Horse Is Thunder spoke to the st
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| Chairman says tribe won't approve Fighting Sioux Sep 17 2009 4:13PM
The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux
tribe says tribal officials will continue to oppose the University
of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, even if he loses his
re-election bid later this month.
Ron His Horse Is Thunder spoke to the st
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| UND nickname opponent says council acts on vote Sep 17 2009 7:21AM
An opponent of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname says the Spirit Lake Tribal
Council has formally acknowledged the results of an April election
on the reservation in which the majority of voters supported the
nickname.
Te
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| UND nickname opponent says council acts on vote Sep 17 2009 7:21AM
An opponent of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname says the Spirit Lake Tribal
Council has formally acknowledged the results of an April election
on the reservation in which the majority of voters supported the
nickname.
Te
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 12 2009 4:34PM
The state Board of Higher Education
will meet next week at the University of North Dakota, but no
discussion of the Fighting Sioux nickname is planned.
Under a settlement with the NCAA, UND must get approval from two
Sioux tribes to continue usi
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| Discussion of ND nickname not of ed board's agenda Sep 12 2009 2:57PM
The state Board of Higher Education
will meet next week at the University of North Dakota, but no
discussion of the Fighting Sioux nickname is planned.
Under a settlement with the NCAA, UND must get approval from two
Sioux tribes to continue usi
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 11 2009 4:13PM
The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6
billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota that would serve
five states has pulled out of the project.
Minnesota-based Otter Tail Power Co. decided Friday to abandon
its plans for Big Stone II. O
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| AG suggests push back nickname deadline Sep 11 2009 10:02AM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem thinks
the state Board of Higher Education should extend its deadline for
deciding the fate of the University of North Dakota's Fighting
Sioux nickname.
Under a settlement with the NCAA, UND must get approval fro
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| Nickname supporter says no Standing Rock vote yet Sep 8 2009 10:52PM
A supporter of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname says the Standing Rock Sioux
Tribal Council has voted not to discuss it.
Archie Fool Bear had been trying to get the council to approve a
reservation vote on the nickname an
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| UND nickname supporter to try again Sep 7 2009 6:39AM
A supporter of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname on the Standing Rock Sioux
reservation says he will try again to get the Tribal Council's
backing.
Archie Fool Bear says he will ask council members to approve his
resoluti
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 5 2009 4:20PM
Students in the Grand Forks School
District won't see a live broadcast of President Barack's Obama's
speech on education.
Obama plans to speak directly to students at noon Tuesday about
working hard and staying in school. School districts are no
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| ND man gets work release, probation over eagle Sep 5 2009 2:49PM
A Fort Totten man was been sentenced to
10 months of work release and three years' probation for illegally
killing a bald eagle on the Spirit Lake reservation.
James Robertson Sr. was sentenced Thursday in federal court. He
was also ordered to s
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 3 2009 2:13AM
The Bobcat company, which has announced
plans to close its Bismarck plant by year's end, is the only tenant
of a multimillion-dollar shipping center in Bismarck.
City Administrator Bill Wocken says $15 million has been spent
on the Northern Plai
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| Some Standing Rock members support ND nickname Sep 2 2009 8:11PM
Some Standing Rock Sioux tribal members
still are trying to get their voices heard in support of the
University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname.
Archie Fool Bear, one of the nickname supporters, said the
tribal council did not discuss
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Aug 25 2009 7:00AM
Tribal governments and coalitions in the
Dakotas are among 17 in eight states to share $6.7 million in
federal stimulus money from the Justice Department's Office on
Violence Against Women. In North Dakota, the First Nations Women's
Alliance is getti
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| Dakotas tribes getting stimulus money Aug 25 2009 6:11AM
Tribal governments and coalitions in North
Dakota and [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]] are among 17 in eight states getting a
total of more than $6.7 million in federal stimulus money.
The money is coming through the Justice Department'
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| Dakotas tribes getting stimulus money Aug 25 2009 6:11AM
Tribal governments and coalitions in North
Dakota and [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]] are among 17 in eight states getting a
total of more than $6.7 million in federal stimulus money.
The money is coming through the Justice Department'
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 12 2009 4:14PM
A judge says North Dakota's only abortion
clinic does not have to provide audio of a fetal heartbeat for
women who want to end their pregnancies.
Judge Douglas Herman ruled today in a challenge to a new state
law. It requires the Red River Women
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| Tribe nixes vote on UND nickname Aug 12 2009 7:14AM
A supporter of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname on the Standing Rock Sioux
reservation says the Tribal Council has voted down a request to
hold a referendum vote on support.
Nickname proponent Archie Fool Bear says the vo
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| Tribe nixes vote on UND nickname Aug 12 2009 7:14AM
A supporter of the University of North
Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname on the Standing Rock Sioux
reservation says the Tribal Council has voted down a request to
hold a referendum vote on support.
Nickname proponent Archie Fool Bear says the vo
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| UND's interlocking 'ND' logo gets makeover Aug 5 2009 11:19AM
University of North Dakota athletic
director Brian Faison says there is no hidden agenda in the
school's makeover of its interlocking "ND" imagery.
Faison says the school will continue to also use its Fighting
Sioux logo.
The logo and the
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| Fort Totten woman pleads guilty to manslaughter Jul 30 2009 3:32PM
A Fort Totten woman accused of stabbing
her boyfriend to death has pleaded guilty to voluntary
manslaughter.
A federal indictment accuses 49-year-old Rebecca Brown of
stabbing 36-year-old Derek Longie in the chest, killing him in "a
sudden quar
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Crime on Reservations Jul 1 2009 7:09PM
Public safety is a growing concern in one North Dakota community.
It's been dealt with in the past with some success.
However, the danger is still there and starting to get worse.
Brad Feldman shows you the immediate concerns on Indian Reser
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 24 2009 11:12AM
Both sides have rested and closing
arguments are getting under way in the trial of two men charged in
the killing of a Grand Forks father and son eight years ago.
Joseph Moncada and Billy Joe Aguero are accused of shooting
40-year-old Robert Bel
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| Man pleads guilty to killing selling bald eagle Jun 24 2009 6:32AM
A man has pleaded guilty in federal
court to illegally killing a bald eagle on the Spirit Lake
reservation.
James Robertson was charged with unlawful taking of a bald eagle
and unlawful sale of a migratory bird. Authorities said the
44-year-old
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 11 2009 11:19AM
President Barack Obama hits the road today to
pitch health care reform to middle America.
He'll be holding a town-hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The president wants to overhaul the current system to extend
coverage to the 50 million
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| Spirit Lake Casino plans new ballrooms Jun 11 2009 11:05AM
The Spirit Lake Casino is planning a $3
million renovation that will include two new ballrooms.
Groundbreaking is set for noon Monday. General Manager Paul
Matheny says the renovation will be finished in about seven months.
He says the new
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| Men charged in bald eagle killing Jun 10 2009 7:56AM
Two brothers are charged in the killing
of a bald eagle on the Spirit Lake reservation late last year.
A federal indictment charges 44-year-old James Robertson with
killing the protected eagle and his 51-year-old brother, Kim
Robertson, with buy
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| Spirit Lake nickname supporters not giving up Jun 5 2009 8:38AM
Spirit Lake Sioux tribal members who
support the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname
say they're seeking a resolution from the tribal council.
Eunice Davidson is spokeswoman for the pro-nickname group. She
says its members plan
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 1 2009 2:07AM
The racing community is mourning the
death of long-time Fargo driver John Schulz.
The Cass County sheriff's office says the 47-year-old Schulz
died after the car he was driving rolled on the back straightaway
of the second lap in the Modified di
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| Stolen rifle found in deer shining probe May 31 2009 1:46PM
In investigating a deer shining case
near the Spirit Lake reservation, officials say they found a rifle
reported stolen more than 20 years ago in Devils Lake.
Jeffrey Whiteshield of St. Michael was sentenced in Benson
County last week for using
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 29 2009 11:26AM
Browns Valley, Minnesota a small
town along the South Dakota-Minnesota border is embarking on a
flood-control plan that's some 80 years in the making.
Flood waters last hit Browns Valley two years ago, when melting
snow and ice jams caused the
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... May 29 2009 6:25AM
The latest financial report from the Red
Trail Energy ethanol plant in Richardton shows the plant lost 5.4
million dollars last year. Board Chairman Mike Appert says Red
Trail is not planning at this point to file for Chapter 11
bankruptcy. He says t
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| Lake remains may go back at least 500 years May 29 2009 6:04AM
Human remains found along Devils Lake
last week could be at least 500 years old.
Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says the remains were found
on private property in Creel Bay by a contractor digging clay for a
dike to protect a house from the
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| FEMA setting up shop in Devils Lake region May 17 2009 11:26AM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency
has opened a disaster recovery center on the Spirit Lake Indian
Reservation.
Another center is expected to open in the Devils Lake Armory in
a few days.
Devils Lake has become the latest hot spot for
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... May 17 2009 2:06AM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency
has opened a disaster recovery center on the Spirit Lake Indian
Reservation. Another center is expected to open in the Devils Lake
Armory in a few days.
(Information from: Grand Forks Herald,
http://www.g
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The Price of Removal of Sioux Logo From The Ralph May 15 2009 11:00PM
The fallout from yesterday decisions by the North Dakota Higher Education Board to drop the Fighting Sioux Logo Nickname is going to leave someone with a big bill.
Under an earlier agreement the logos embedded into the granite floor would stay, but Enge
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 15 2009 4:06PM
Jurors in Sioux Falls acquitted
Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones of assault on Friday.
The former British soccer player was accused of hitting Juan
Trevino-Barrera in a Sioux Falls bar last December while he was in
the state to hunt pheasants.
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UND nickname May 15 2009 3:18PM
THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RETIRE THE SIOUX NICKNAME AND LOGO STARTING OCTOBER FIRST OF THIS YEAR.
GRAND FORKS REPORTER STEVE BODAKOWSKI WAS AT TODAYS BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION MEETING IN DICKINSON AND HAS THE STORY..
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| UND officials plan for new school nickname in future... May 15 2009 10:58AM
University of North Dakota officials
expect the school will be dropping its Fighting Sioux nickname and
Indian head logo.
U-N-D has been known as the "Fighting Sioux" since the 1930s.
Before then, the school's teams were called the Flickertail
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| UND officials plan for new school nickname in future... May 15 2009 7:28AM
University of North Dakota officials
expect the school will be dropping its Fighting Sioux nickname and
Indian head logo.
UND has been known as the "Fighting Sioux" since the 1930s.
Before then, the school's teams were called the Flickertails.
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 15 2009 3:37AM
Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he is using his
line-item veto authority to take a small amount of money out of the
budget.
The governor commended the Legislature for "passing a fiscally
prudent budget through which Montana will live within its means
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 15 2009 2:27AM
University of North Dakota officials
expect the school will be dropping its Fighting Sioux nickname and
Indian head logo.
U-N-D has been known as the "Fighting Sioux" since the 1930s.
Before then, the school's teams were called the Flickertail
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Time Running Out for Sioux Nickname May 14 2009 7:11PM
The fight over the Fighting Sioux logo and nickname may be over...
and soon...could be history.
In a unanimous 8-nothing vote, North Dakota's Board of Higher Education agreed to retire the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
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| Board advocates dumping UND nickname, logo May 14 2009 6:05PM
North Dakota's Board of Higher Education
has agreed to drop the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux
nickname and Indian head logo.
It's a move intended to resolve a decades-long campus dispute
about whether the name demeans American Indi
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| Board advocates dumping UND nickname, logo May 14 2009 5:16PM
North Dakota's Board of Higher Education
has agreed to drop the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux
nickname and Indian head logo.
It's a move intended to resolve a decades-long campus dispute
about whether the name demeans American Indi
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| URGENT May 14 2009 12:43PM
North Dakota's Board of Higher Education
has voted to get rid of the University of North Dakota's Fighting
Sioux nickname and logo.
The vote was 8-0.
The process will begin by Oct. 1. The board's action says it
should be finished by Aug. 1
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Devils Lake Rise Continues May 12 2009 7:30PM
While much of North Dakota is recovering from a busy spring of fighting floodwaters, one area is continuing a flood battle that has gone on for years.
Devils Lake stands at a record level - and projections say it will continue to rise this summer.
As
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Devils Lake Rise Continues May 12 2009 7:08PM
While much of North Dakota is recovering from a busy spring of fighting floodwaters, one area is continuing a flood battle that has gone on for years.
Devils Lake stands at a record level - and projections say it will continue to rise this summer.
As Ji
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 12 2009 4:13PM
A federal appeals court has upheld a jury
verdict that found the Mitchell School District was not responsible
for a former high school teacher's molestation of a student.
The jury decided last year that Brittany Plamp was the victim of
battery b
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| SD developer fined for runoff into NE Iowa lake May 12 2009 11:33AM
The developer of an East Okoboji Lake
resort has been fined $35,000 for allowing silt-laden runoff into
the water during construction.
A lawsuit filed by the state in 2007 alleged that the Sioux
Falls, S.D-based developer repeatedly released sed
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 1 2009 2:13AM
North Dakota's regular session of the
Legislature goes into May today for the first time.
Records show the North Dakota Legislature has never lasted past
April 29th. That happened in 2001 when lawmakers finished their
work at about 4:30 a.m. o
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... May 1 2009 2:13AM
Governor John Hoeven is holding a signing
ceremony today for a 1.3 billion dollar transportation bill. It has
money to repair flooded, washed out roads around the state.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A legislative conference committee has
finished i
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