MSU Mankato to North Dakota: We've been there with the mascot
The Minnesota State University - Mankato Reporter explains how the school once grappled with the same offensive-mascot controversy that the University of North Dakota has been dealing with:
Before MSU was the Mavericks with a logo of a purple and yellow bull they were the Indians with a caricature of an Indian as a logo. The school developed the Indian nickname in 1935. In July of 1977, after around 10 years of debate, the name was changed to the Mavericks.
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