The NCAA continues its war on the University of North Dakota’s sports-team nickname: the Fighting Sioux. Meanwhile, a nearby tribe wishes the political-correctness police would smoke a peace pipe:
Frank Black Cloud of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe has grown tired of the on-going battles in the courts and legislature over a nickname that isn’t offensive.
“Honor, respect tradition, culture, and pride,” he said. “How can those values be considered hostile and abusive?”