Remembering, Now & Forever
By Ed Rice
This Penobscot baseball player inspired the Cleveland Indians name ‘for all the wrong reasons’ by Emily BurnhamDecember 18, 2020 Bangor Daily News Louis Sockalexis, in an undated photo taken during his professional baseball career between 1897 and 1907. Credit: Public domain It was a historic day in 1897 when Louis Sockalexis, a 26-year-old member of the Penobscot tribe, became the first Native American Major League Baseball player, taking the field for … [Read more...]
By Ed Rice
Cleveland Indians to drop controversial nickname affiliated with player from Maine’s Penobscot Nation by Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News December 15, 2020 Ed Rice’s phone was ringing off the hook on Monday. People wanted to talk about the news that Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians intend to abandon their longstanding name, one that is considered by many to be offensive. “I am stunned,” said an elated Rice, who has spent nearly 40 years researching and telling the … [Read more...]
By Ed Rice
Cleveland Indians to drop controversial nickname affiliated with player from Maine’s Penobscot Nation by Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News December 15, 2020 Ed Rice’s phone was ringing off the hook on Monday. People wanted to talk about the news that Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians intend to abandon their longstanding name, one that is considered by many to be offensive. “I am stunned,” said an elated Rice, who has spent nearly 40 years researching and telling the … [Read more...]
By Ed Rice
He’s why Cleveland came to be called the Indians. How should they honor him? Members of one Maine tribe hope that the team’s first know Native American player, trailblazer Louis Sockalexis of the Penobscot Nation, is properly recognized. by Erik Ortiz, NBC News December 14, 2020 Erik Ortiz is a staff writer for NBC News focusing on racial injustice and social inequality. Cleveland's major-league baseball team … [Read more...]
By Ed Rice
SPECIAL TO THE MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM MAINE VOICES: No schools in Maine retain Native American nicknames, mascots – that’s something to celebrate The focus has been on the bill banning the practice in the future, but it should be on the heroes who brought about its end. Can’t begin to grasp why 330 million Americans are incapable of reaching a peaceful consensus about a statue of Columbus or a Confederate general, or whether sports teams should be using a Native American nickname and … [Read more...]