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Neither Chief Wahoo nor the Indians’ nickname honor the Penobscot man that inspired them

February 1, 2018 By Ted Berg

Neither Chief Wahoo nor the Indians’ nickname honor the Penobscot man that inspired them

By: Ted Berg, Writer for USA Today | February 1, 2018 11:54 am Earlier this week, after continued pressure from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, the Cleveland Indians announced they will strip the controversial Chief Wahoo logos from their on-field uniforms starting in 2019. The club will still sell some merchandise with the racist imagery, but doing so will prevent others from profiting off use of the smiling, red-faced caricature. The Cleveland club began using early version of Chief Wahoo … [Read more...]

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