GRAND FORKS (AP) -- The state Board of Higher Education has decided to settle a lawsuit with the NCAA over the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname, giving the school three years to get tribal approval or retire it.
The board voted unanimously Friday morning to approve the settlement after a closed-door briefing from Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.
The NCAA in 2005 banned the use of the nickname is postseason play, labeling it hostile and abusive. UND sued to challenge the ban in October last year.
