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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
I'm sorry, but you will have to enter your profile and change your location. As many schools at all levels have discovered, the label "brave" has been claimed by a small sect of Native Americans as having a sole meaning referring to their heritage and they find it offensive.
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Actually, it is only offensive when plural, as in "home of the braves."
But, since you ask, why is the mascot for the University of North Dakota (Fighting Sioux) offensive when the mascot for the University of Notre Dame (Fighting Irish) is not?