By Ed Rice, Special to the Bangor Daily News In a largely admirable July 31 editorial in the Bangor Daily News titled “A Baseball First,” the Penobscot Nation tribe was supported in its efforts demanding respect for Louis Sockalexis from the Cleveland Indians baseball franchise, but that editorial contains the very regrettable line that “the tribe might do well to narrow the focus of its outrage.” No, it should not! And since more than 137 media outlets all across the country published the … [Read more...]

Gale Courey Toensing 4/26/09 Indian Country Today ORONO, Maine – Author and professor Ed Rice is passionate about Penobscot Nation super-athletes and cousins Louis and Andrew Sockalexis. Louis was a phenomenal baseball player who rose to legendary heights in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was the inspiration for the nickname “Indians” that the Cleveland major league franchise first adopted in March 1897, and then officially adopted in February 1915. Andrew is among the greatest … [Read more...]