Letter of the Day (June 15): Fighting Sioux

June 16, 2012 at 2:14AM
(Susan Hogan — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The voters of North Dakota have spoken, and rightly so ("N.D. votes to drop Fighting Sioux nickname," June 13) . Now, how about "The Mighty Sioux," "The Proud Sioux," or "The Valiant Sioux"? Would one of these nicknames have avoided all the controversy in the first place if adopted back in 2005?
DANIEL LINDSEY, SHOREWOOD

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