From what I'm hearing, the U of Utah is going to fight this and they've got the Ute Indian chiefs on their side.
I heard the same thing about the Seminoles in Florida and the Chippewas in Central Michigan - though I don't know if they mean the schools and/or the tribes were getting involved.
That's cool that the Utah is getting support from the Utes. It seems to me just from this thread that people are very proud of their schools and the peoples that those schools represent.
In the Deseret News today, it said the U of U has been toying with the idea of replacing "Utes" with "Hawks." It also said that they are waiting for official notification from the NCAA before they do anything. Personally I hope the U of U follows Florida State and thumbs their nose at them.