By: Ryan Schuster
A T-shirt produced by a North Dakota business attempting to poke fun at the UND Fighting Sioux logo controversy has inflamed tensions on an already sensitive issue.
The shirt, which Jamestown, N.D.-based Originals Inc. began printing about a week ago, includes the words: "No Sioux Logo No Sioux Casinos!" It also features UND's Indian head logo with the words: "Hostile and Abusive," and plots out the location of three casinos in North Dakota and South Dakota, which it describes as "Destructive and Addictive."
"This is not a sentiment we are promoting, fostering or supporting in any way, shape or form," said UND spokesman Peter Johnson. "We just don't think there is any place for this type of thing in the dialogue we would like to have. It is not what the University of North Dakota is about."
UND has agreed to discontinue use of the Fighting Sioux name and its Indian logo within three years if it is unsuccessful in winning tribal support. The NCAA at one point alleged that UND's use of the nickname and logo created a "hostile" and "abusive" environment for American Indian students.
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