{"id":84983,"date":"2015-10-19T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=84983"},"modified":"2015-10-19T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:54:18","slug":"group-seeks-to-block-und-nickname-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=84983","title":{"rendered":"Judge will not block UND nickname vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UND3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43510\" alt=\"UND3\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UND3-300x202.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UND3-300x202.png 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UND3-259x175.png 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UND3.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 Update&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>A judge Monday denied a request from a Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe member and others to block the vote. The group claimed the Sioux have been excluded from the nickname process and the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Previously&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) &#8211; A Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe member, a Republican lawmaker and a Native American former National Hockey League player have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a vote to change the school nickname at the University of North Dakota.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The lawsuit asks for the suspension of a vote on a new nickname set for Monday. It also seeks to require that &#8220;UND\/North Dakota&#8221; be included in any vote to change the name.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The lawsuit says the Sioux have been excluded from the nickname process and the vote, which is limited to people with ties to the university.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bringing the suit are tribal member Lavonne Alberts, Rep. Richard Becker and former hockey player William Le Caine.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The plaintiffs&#8217; attorney wasn&#8217;t available for comment. A university spokesman didn&#8217;t immediately return a telephone message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Update&#8230;. A judge Monday denied a request from a Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe member and others to block the vote. The group claimed the Sioux have been excluded from the nickname process and the vote. Previously&#8230; GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) &#8211; A Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe member, a Republican [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84983"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85112,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84983\/revisions\/85112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}