Thread: Indians to remove chief Wahoo stating in 2019
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Old 01-29-2018, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by prewarsports View Post
The name "Indians" was an early attempt to honor a Native American star (Louis Sockalexis) in the 1910's and hearken back to the 1890's when the Cleveland team was good and he was the centerpiece of the squad. Removing the logo is fine, but I think changing the name of this team would be a mistake. Create a new logo that honors the heritage instead.
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