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A North Dakota House committee supports
legislation that would require the University of North Dakota to
keep its Fighting Sioux nickname.


      House Republican majority leader Al Carlson is the sponsor of
the bill. It says UND must keep its nickname and Indian head logo,
and it says Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem should sue the NCAA if
there are any penalties for keeping them.


      The North Dakota House Education Committee reviewed three
Fighting Sioux nickname bills Wednesday. It is recommending
approval of Carlson's bill and the defeat of the other two.


      The other two measures would require UND to keep the Fighting
Sioux nickname and logo unless the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says
they can't be used any more.


      All three measures now go to the House floor for a vote.

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A North Dakota House committee supports
legislation that would require the University of North Dakota to
keep its Fighting Sioux nickname.


ND panel says UND must keep Fighting Sioux name

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