nativegolfer wrote:STILL WAITING!nativegolfer wrote:How many of you non natives have been to a rez? And I'm not talkin just driving thru or went to the school for a BBgame or to the casino. This is an open invitation to anyone who wants a tour of Spirit Lake. I live about 2 miles south of the casino on hwy 57. I thinks it's an absolute shame that most if not all of these die hard UND fans who want to keep the name have never set foot on a rez or even know a NA. I think if you got a taste of what rez life is about you'd probably have a different perspective about the UND nickname issue. You say you are honoring NA's by the nickname but how many of you would sit and break bread in a NA household? I'm waiting.ndfan wrote:[user=2527]uconn_8[/user] wrote:Is there ANYONE in the native american culutre who takes pride in this? They wouldn't have named themselves the fighiting sioux if they didn't think it was a good image. Yeah, and all that stuff with the bison, I've heard it all. Would they name themselves the sioux if they were tryin to discgrace them?? If someone wanted to have their mascot after my heritage, I would consider it an honor.
Well lets have und's mascot be your heritage then and everybody will be happy :)
thats ok tho, im a vikings fan but i dont even know a viking, nor have i set foot in a Scandinavian country. ;) take it easy just a joke
yes i have been on a "rez" my aunt use to teach there, and it was terrible, we helped her move because we didnt like her living there. and one of my good friends is a NA , but he has not stand on the sioux situation