![]() The logo was removed from jerseys and caps in 2019 and the Indians name has now been dropped in favor of the Guardians. Members of the Cleveland Indians wore uniforms featuring mascot Chief Wahoo. The Major League Baseball club had been the Indians for more than a century, since 1915. In July, the Cleveland Indians, which dropped the club’s Chief Wahoo mascot in 2019, announced it was changing its name to the Guardians. Washington’s pro football team dropped its Redskins moniker in 2020 after decades of protest, and last month announced it had adopted the name Commanders. For more than half a century, American Indian tribes and their advocates tried in vain to persuade professional sports teams to drop names offensive to Native peoples.īut the movement finally gained traction in recent years. ![]()
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