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Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet
Seriously though, how is Fighting Sioux against the rules and Fighting Irish isn't?
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Technically "Sioux" isn't the name of the tribe. If you went on a reservation and asked somebody if they were a member of the Sioux tribe, they would all say "no." Sioux was a shortened version of some Algonquin word that French fur traders in the 18th/19th century used as a derogatory term. I'm not sure if it actually means "snake" like the rumor is, but it's not good.
It's kind of a different situation from the Illini or the Seminoles, which are actual tribe names. The Fighting Lakota would have been the better comparison if UND had the hope of getting the reservations' approval to use the name.