Tuesday,  June 12, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 334 • 25 of 36 •  Other Editions

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Fighting Sioux nickname clash heads to ND voters
DAVE KOLPACK,Associated Press

• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A bitter dispute over whether the University of North Dakota should save or scrap its Fighting Sioux nickname headed to voters on Tuesday, even as supporters of the moniker pledged another battle this fall regardless of the outcome.

• The issue has been simmering on the campus for decades but boiled over seven years ago when UND was placed on a list of schools with American Indian nicknames the NCAA deemed hostile and abusive. Those colleges were told to dump the names or risk sanctions against their athletic teams.
• Voters in Tuesday's North Dakota primary will be asked whether to uphold or reject the Legislature's repeal of a state law requiring the school to continue using the nickname and American Indian head logo. A yes vote would seemingly retire the nickname, but even that may be temporary.
• As its members urged state residents on Monday to vote to keep the name, a group that called itself the Committee for Understanding and Respect circulated petitions for a second referendum. That measure would change the state constitution to declare UND forever be known as the Fighting Sioux.
• "Our second phase, and our ultimate goal, is the November ballot," the group said in a statement.
• Sean Johnson, spokesman for the nickname supporters, said his group will

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