Monday’s order from Judge Michael Sturdevant of Bottineau is in response to a lawsuit filed by nickname supporters from the Spirit Lake reservation.
The group says the board would be ignoring the rights of the Sioux people if it retires the nickname at its meeting next week.
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The chancellor of state university system, William Goetz, has asked Standing Rock Sioux tribal Chairman Charles Murphy to meet with him before the board’s Nov. 19 meeting.
Murphy told the board earlier that tribal officials are willing to discuss it “without deadlines and other stipulations.”
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