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Cleveland Indians must end offensive use of Chief Wahoo — or seek blessing of Penobscot Nation

January 19, 2014 By Ed Rice

Cleveland Indians must end offensive use of Chief Wahoo — or seek blessing of Penobscot Nation

By Ed Rice, Special to the Bangor Daily News While it’s admirable — and I’m completely sarcastic here — that the Cleveland Indians organization sought feedback from its fan base on the controversial issue of its racist mascot, Chief Wahoo, and has started 2014 by implementing a partial end to its use, wouldn’t it finally be considerate of the team to seek the blessing of the Penobscot Nation for even part-time use? This is comparable to a group deciding, “Hey, it’s OK to use the swastika … [Read more...]

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