‘Fighting Sioux’ supporters make appeal case

The Sioux people of the Spirit Lake Tribe are “indispensable parties” who should not have been denied a seat at the table as the University of North Dakota, the state of North Dakota and the NCAA haggled over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname, a spokesman for the tribe told judges of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here Thursday.

By: By Chuck Haga, Forum News Service, The Jamestown Sun