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Oct 28, 2009 3:22 pm US/Central

UND Chancellor Extends Deadline For Sioux Nickname

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ― The chancellor of the North Dakota University System says he's willing to grant the Standing Rock Sioux tribe 30 more days to consider the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
  
Saturday is the deadline for Standing Rock leaders to weigh in on the debate. Some tribal members want to put the issue to a vote.
  
Chancellor William Goetz said he talked with tribal Chairman Charles Murphy on Wednesday. He said the Tribal Council is not scheduled to meet until the week of Nov. 9.
  
The state board has said it will drop the Sioux nickname and logo unless it gets long-term agreements from Sioux tribes.
  
Murphy told KNOX radio of Grand Forks earlier that he knows some people support a tribal vote on the issue but said it's not clear if or when that will happen.

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