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17. So Sockalexis was a Native American and he played for the Cleveland team.

Reply to sl8 (Reply #16)

Sat Oct 1, 2022, 11:05 AM

Oct 2022

The Chief Wahoo logo is of course disgraceful, that's not in dispute. How the team got the name Indians is cleared up more by the video...there was some kind of land rush to be associated with anything Native American.

That's good to know. Seems the racist logo was the real bone of contention. I'm glad it's gone. None of that though makes the name Gladiators any more palatable.

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Now that the Cleveland Indians have changed their name... [View all] brush Sep 2022 OP

And the Commanders PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #1

Heehee. I kinda like the Cherry Blossoms. brush Sep 2022 #2

Don't you just love imagining what the uniforms PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #9

Louis was a Penobscot Indian, born in Maine. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #3

Yes. Interesting history. brush Sep 2022 #6

Any relation to Lt Colonel Donald Penobscot, Backseat Driver Oct 2022 #11

Nope. "Keep the name" side came up with that 'honor' only after blm Sep 2022 #4

What? I don't understand that sentence. brush Sep 2022 #5

It's history. He was called the Cleveland Indian. brush Sep 2022 #7

The side protesting the name change. blm Sep 2022 #8

Oops. I misspelled LaJoie.Fixed it. brush Oct 2022 #14

Well, this one I didn't know...So when you have seen it all...there is more: ...Guardians...(ugh) Stuart G Sep 2022 #10

I think the Steamers would be a much better name. NBachers Oct 2022 #12

Cleveland should have gone back to the "Spiders" name 303squadron Oct 2022 #13

The Spiders, The Naps or The Tribe. Anything but The Guardians. brush Oct 2022 #15

A record of absolute disaster, that is jmowreader Oct 2022 #18

Wikipedia's source for that claim actually contradicts that story sl8 Oct 2022 #16

So Sockalexis was a Native American and he played for the Cleveland team. brush Oct 2022 #17