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...]
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