Sioux Claim Rights Violations, Sue NCAA

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Native Americans in North Dakota are claiming their rights have been violated - not by the University of North Dakota and its use of Fighting Sioux as the school's nickname, but rather by the NCAA, which they claim has left them out of the nickname debate.

According to the Grand Forks Herald, attorneys representing the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and nickname supporters at Standing Rock filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court, claiming the NCAA's efforts to force retirement of the UND name and logo "violate Native American civil rights, equal protection rights and religious rights."

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