Judge: ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname Consigned to the Dust Heap of History

So says a federal judge.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname that was filed by six American Indian students[.] …In his ruling, Judge Ralph R. Erickson of the U.S. District Court in Fargo, N.D., said that a recent state referendum, in which residents voted overwhelmingly to uphold the nickname’s repeal, signaled that the position of Fighting Sioux supporters had very likely been “consigned to the dust heap of history.”