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

[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.

[irv]

Originally Posted by 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

I guess like most history stories/books, this has also been disputed. I personally have no opinion one way or another as I had never heard of either gentlemen until the recent passing of Sasakamoose but I thought you might like to read this?
https://sihrhockey.org/__a/public/co...?cid=2&aid=494

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Gene Locklear. Remember he did those painting that were used in those Ted Williams Cared Company issued.

[Vintagecatcher]

One of my favorites: Chief Meyers Art Photo.

Patrick

[doug.goodman]

As mentioned in Ted's post to start this thread, here are scored scorecards from both Allie Reynolds no-hitters in 1951

[tedzan]

Robert Lee "Indian Bob" Johnson (1941 Play Ball with a Norman Young bio on its back).

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TED Z

T206 Reference
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[sb1]

Louis "Chief" Laroy/Leroy

[bigfanNY]

Originally Posted by sb1

Louis "Chief" Laroy/Leroy

Great card Scott..