North Dakota Fighting Sioux

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college athletic nickname retired sports team name

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux was the former nickname and logo of the University of North Dakota’s athletic teams, long associated with the school’s sports tradition before being replaced due to controversy over Native American imagery.

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Label Occurrences
University of North Dakota football team 2
North Dakota Fighting Sioux canonical 1
University of North Dakota men’s basketball team 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf college athletic nickname ⓘ
retired sports team name ⓘ
affiliation University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux fans and supporters community ⓘ
appliesTo men's sports teams ⓘ
women's sports teams ⓘ
associatedWith Grand Forks, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
colors black ⓘ
green ⓘ
white ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governingBody University of North Dakota Athletics Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of North Dakota Board of Higher Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageRole historic brand of UND sports ⓘ
symbol of UND athletic tradition ⓘ
language English name ⓘ
location Grand Forks, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
logoDepicts Native American warrior head ⓘ
logoTheme Native American imagery ⓘ
notableIn college ice hockey culture ⓘ
opposedBy NCAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
some Native American groups ⓘ
partOf NCAA Division I athletics history NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBecauseOf NCAA policy on Native American mascots ⓘ
controversy over Native American imagery ⓘ
replacedBy North Dakota Fighting Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents Sioux people NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName Fighting Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport college athletics ⓘ
status no longer officially used ⓘ
retired nickname ⓘ
subjectOf NCAA sanctions threat ⓘ
legal disputes ⓘ
public controversy ⓘ
referendum campaigns in North Dakota ⓘ
statewide political debate ⓘ
supportedBy many University of North Dakota alumni ⓘ
many University of North Dakota fans ⓘ
some local community members ⓘ
usedBy University of North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of North Dakota athletic teams NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn baseball ⓘ
basketball ⓘ
football ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
other varsity sports ⓘ
track and field ⓘ
volleyball ⓘ

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UND Fighting Hawks → formerName → North Dakota Fighting Sioux ⓘ
Alerus Center → primaryTenant → North Dakota Fighting Sioux ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of North Dakota football team
Fighting Sioux → associatedWith → North Dakota Fighting Sioux ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of North Dakota football team
Fighting Sioux → associatedWith → North Dakota Fighting Sioux ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of North Dakota men’s basketball team