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• Position: STATELINE - University of North Dakota nickname - Brief article

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The battle over the "Fighting Sioux" nickname for the University of North Dakota continues to rage. Last April, the state passed a law forbidding a change and requiring use of the Fighting Sioux name. But by the end of the year, lawmakers had repealed the law and required a name change. Nickname supporters, seeking a referendum in June, filed petitions in February against the repeal. Now the state's higher education board has requested the attorney general ask...