Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Cleveland team will drop its “Indians” name, following persistent criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans, the franchise said on Monday, but will continue to use it during the 2021 season.
The Cleveland team said in a statement it would begin the process of “determining a new, non-Native American based name for the franchise” 105 years after adopting the name, citing a desire to unify its community.
“Hearing firsthand the stories and experiences of Native American people, we gained a deep understanding of how tribal communities feel about the team name and the detrimental effects it has on them,” team owner Paul Dolan said in a statemen…
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