Links
Documents contained on this website, statements of support, and links to other related topics

• Request to discontinue, TWENTY-ONE UND Indian Related Programs
• Resolution, School of Law Faculty Executive Committee
• Resolution, Social Work and Rehabilitation and Human Services
• Request to Convene the University Council, Dr. Scott Lowe and Dr. Gerald Bass
• Resolution, UND Student Political Action Network (SPAN)
• Solidarity statement, Executive Committee of the UND Women Studies Program
• Resolution, INMED
• Statement of opposition, Native American Law Students Association

Articles, essays, statements, and letters:

• BRIDGES letter to President Kupchella
• Letter from UND History Department
• Writer faces racism at Engelstad Arena, Donna Brown
• Ten Ironies of the Weekend of October 4th - 7th, 2001, Professor Jim Grijalva
• Obscene clothing still being worn at sporting events, Professor Curtis Stofferahn
• What I learned about Indians..., Robin David
• Schneider resigns from "Standing Committee on Native Americans" in protest
• The Truth... as I see it, hear it, & read it, Itancan Win
• As long as we're on the topic..., Monique Vondall
• Letter to the Herald editor, Nathan Teske
• Statement to the Names Commission, Leah Manning Stetzner
• Response to anonymous alumnist, Alvin White
• Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth, Itancan'Win
• Letter, Professor Jim Grijalva, UND Law School
• "Logos as symbolism, who would have thought?", SPAN
• "A change of the Sioux name would be a true honor", Leighton Taylor
• Prez. candidate loses voter, shows leadership apathy, Michelle Vidovic
• Letter to Strinden, Jan DeRemer, 1988 alum
• UND's Last Vestige Of Disrespect, Ira Taken Alive
• Changing the name is not an issue of education or money, Chris Stoner
• Thirty Years Tell Us To Be Honored, Holly Annis
• If it's Honor, Prove It, Michaela Saunders

• Non-D/L/Nakota Organizations who oppose Native American peoples as mascots
• Other schools' resolutions
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities board (MnSCU)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Society of Indian Psychologists of the Americas
• "Use of Indian mascots shows lack of respect", NCAA
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA)
• US Commission on Civil Rights Statement on the Use of Native American Images and Nicknames as Sports Symbols
• National Conference for Community and Justice
• Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes resolution
• Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC)
• Minnesota Indian Education Association (MIEA)
• North Dakota Indian Education Association (NDIEA)
• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)

Non-resolution support:

• Letters from: Robert Eurich (AISTM), Keith Pounds, Dr. Paul Lester (Calif. State U.), James E. Shanley (Fort Peck Community College), Dr. Noam Chomsky (MIT), Dr. Gregory Goekjian (Portland State U.)
• Let's Spread The Fun Around, Dr. Ward Churchill, U. of Colorado
• A Conversation with Joseph Bruchac
• Letters to the DS editors, Spring 1999, Part I
• Letters to the DS editors, Spring 1999, Part II
• Fighting Sioux name is offensive to many, Terry Olson
• Honor this, Maureen Kelly Jonason
• On respect, Matthew Reader
• "A Battle Over a Name in the Land of the Sioux", The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Puck Parasites, Ed Raymond
• Civil Rights Commission ruling bolsters Native student movement at UND, Jeff Armstrong
• "I don't know his pedigree" or "North Dakota-style Racism", Dana Williams
• Statement by Sen. Paul Wellstone
• Why Educators Can't Ignore Indian Masocts, Dr. Cornel Pewewardy

• Student Senate Resolution 18 text
• Sickler veto
• Sioux name debate alive, group says, by Josh Roiland (DS)
• 12 For, 10 Against, 1 Abstain, by Josh Roiland (DS)
• Sickler's veto does not change the vote that occurred Sunday, by Petra Fox
• Student senator defends decision on cast logo vote, by Elizabeth A. Hanson
• Legislature lets Sioux name issue stay local, by Josh Roiland (DS)

• Who has been chosen for the Names Commission?
• Campus Committee on Human Rights responds to member selections
• E-mail addresses for Names Commission members... let them know your mind
• Statement to the Name Commission, Leah Manning Stetzner

• "Dear Chuck", the now-infamous letter
• Outcry over Ralph's Agenda
• The more things change..., Lars Martinson
• UND Norwegian Instructor, rejects Engelstad donation, Faythe Thureen
• Sitting Bull descendents do not give permission for statue, Isaac Dog Eagle
• Criticisms of Rep. Earl Pomeroy for supporting Engelstad
• Jerk The Strings, Nick Coleman in Minnesota Monthly
• New Engelstad Arena pictures

• Background and comments on the hijacking
• Kupchella's statement in response
• Resolution criticizing State Board, UND Senate
• Statements to Board (November 2001) by James McKenzie and Lucy Ganje

• Hate mail and hate posters and racist imagery at UND, anonymous bigots
• Northern Plains Conference on American Indian Team Names & Logos, Fall 2001
• New Logo On Basketball Court

Civil Disobedience Trial:

• Support Barthel and Young
• The Role of Civil Disobedience in Promoting US Democracy, Howard Zinn
• Direct Action, Anarchy FAQ

Office of Civil Rights report:

• Introduction

• "An historical and contextual summary", David Vorland (Assistant to the President)
• The UND Fighting Sioux: Building Understanding and Respect or Showing Disrespect and Insensitivity, Brenda Ling and Michelle Midstokke
• How nice of you to write me a letter..., Earl Strinden, Executive VP of Alumni Association
• Statement from Kupchella on "vulgar" and "obscene" clothing being sold in Grand Forks

From the out-of-power:

• "The Auschwitz Money-Grubbing Jews"....?, SPAN
• "Tradition and Respect" as Interpreted by Earl Strinden, FCMI
• FCMI critique of Kupchella's bending over backwards for SBHE
• North Dakota Human Rights Coalition
• W.W.J.D.??
• American Indian Sports Teams Mascots...: Psychological Considerations

• Image archive
• Quotes page

• This is what cultural commodification looks like (www.siouxshop.com)
• The Fascistic Head Palace Theory, John W. Hoff, courtesy of Vastlane
• Info on UND's name usage, supplied by University of Illinois
• 1999: Mascot Issue Progress Report, AISTM
• Money, Moniker, and Morality, Michael Saunders
• American Indian Sports Team Mascots [AISTM]
• "Indian" Mascots?
• American Indian Movement
• National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media

Other University Native Mascots/Nicknames:

• University of Illinois Chief Illiniwek, web page
• Florida State University Seminoles
• Southeastern Oklahoma State University Savages, web page