Baseball players with Native American heritage.... Let's see some

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Bram99

Though I have no first-hand memory of Allie, I agree with Ted that he was significantly dominant in his time and era, and won enough big games, to be in the Hall.

Here's a picture of a few of his cards.

Just a few, of course.

[bobw]

[rhettyeakley]

A few Zeenut cards of known Native American players...

1913 William Cadreau (played in the Majors as William "Chief" Chouneau)

-played in 1 game for the 1910 White Sox, member of Fond-du-Lac Chippewa Tribe




Luther "Casey" Smith (several cards) he was at Spring Training with the Cubs and was given his nickname "Casey" by Johnny Evers because he hated calling every Native American player "Chief" and they already had a "Lou/Lew" on the team (Lew Ritchie.)

-Never played in the Major Leagues but was banned in 1920 for unsubstantiated rumors of throwing games (along with Tom Seaton)... Smith was born on Round Valley Indian Reservation (near Mendocino, CA) in 1891.




Moses Yellowhorse





Jim Thorpe this guy needs no introduction




McKinley "Mack" Wheat Cherokee, brother of HOFer Zack Wheat

[NiceDocter]

"Indian" Bob Johnson who was 1/4 Cherokee.... appeared in many sets in the 30s and 40s.....

[rhettyeakley]

William Marriott, Cherokee

(these two cards look the same but they have different dates)



George "Chief" Johnson, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation. Johnson played for various Major League teams from 1913-1915



Roy Johnson Cherokee, older brother of "Indian Bob" Johnson



"Indian Bob" Johnson younger brother of Roy Johnson, lifetime 55.3 WAR w/ lifetime .296 hitter (Really under-rated player in my opinion)

[Butch7999]

Not to divert this thread from its narrower focus, but just had to note the recent passing of First Nations hockey pioneer
Fred Sasakamoose (long listed as "Saskamoose"). Sasakamoose emerged from the physical and psychological torture
of Canadian "residential schools" (q.v.) to become the first Indigenous Canadian to play in the NHL (Chicago, 1953-54).
His entire NHL career consisted of just the 11 (not 8) games he played that one season, but he had a long minor-pro career
and went on to become a huge positive influence in youth sports and in his Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. Sasakamoose
succumbed last week to Covid-19 at age 86.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7503981/f...-livestreamed/
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/a-first-na...ered-1.5218846

[hammertime]

When I got back into card collecting a Chief Bender T206 was my first purchase. He had a pretty fascinating life, seems ripe for a biopic or 30 for 30 or something.

[Joe_G.]

How about a whole team?

1916 Onondaga Baseball Team

The Onondaga Nation are one of the original five nations of the Iroquois with their traditional homeland in New York, south of Lake Ontario (centered in/around Syracuse).

[molenick]

Two "Chiefs" and a postcard. I need to get a real scanner instead of a copy/fax/scan combo...the cards are nicer than the scans. My options at the moment for graded cards are a "soft" scan or a photo with a reflection of my phone in it.