Pablo de León, chair of the space studies department at the University of North Dakota, inspects the NASA logo on the Orion capsule used to test the Max Abort Launch System (MLAS) in 2009.

In 2016, UND unveiled a new green helmet featuring the Fighting Hawks logo. UND and North Dakota State will play Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Alerus Center. The game is expected to be a sellout.

University of North Dakota officials said about 3.8 percent of students identified as American Indian or Alaska Native. Tribal relations with the state government have regularly been tense.

FILE - In this June 22, 2016, file photo, a photo of a mock hockey jersey with the new University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks logo is seen at an unveiling ceremony in Grand Forks, N.D.

The University of North Dakota was known as the Flickertails until 1930, when it changed its nickname to the Sioux. The name Sioux was chosen due to North Dakota's rich Native American history, as ...

It's game over in Grand Forks. The University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux are no more. After years of legal wrangling both for and against the longtime nickname and iconic logo, the change was ...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) It's been two years since the University of North Dakota unveiled its new Fighting Hawks logo that put it in good standing with the NCAA, but a familiar cheer at its hockey games ...