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Standing Up And Staying Put: Two Decades of Protesting the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo

Major League baseball is a game of hallowed traditions. For the Cleveland Indians, the traditional throwing out of the first pitch every season is accompanied by a few other time-honored rituals, which include throwing out insults to Native Americans, some of whom come to the team’s stadium each spring to protest the team’s name and its cartoonish logo and mascot, Chief Wahoo.

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6/13/2013

article Chief Wahoo caricature controversy still hot topic for Cleveland Indians, Native Americans (with video)
(Ohio) -- Last week, a member of the Washington D.C. Council announced a resolution to set in motion the changing of Washington's NFL franchise nickname — from...

5/25/2013

article LETTER: Disgusted by Cleveland's 'Chief Wahoo' mascot
(New Hampshire) -- To the Editor: As someone who is part Native American and also a former health professional in the Indian Health Service, I was appalled to see Terry...

4/28/2012

article The Curse of Chief Wahoo
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4/25/2012

article Getting Creative: Uni-Watch Readers Remake Cleveland Indians Mascot Into Spiders, Rockers and More
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4/17/2012

article Standing Up And Staying Put: Two Decades of Protesting the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo
(Ohio) -- Major League baseball is a game of hallowed traditions. For the Cleveland Indians, the traditional throwing out of the first pitch every season is accompanied...

4/7/2012

article New baseball season brings fresh protests against Cleveland Indians mascot
(Ohio) -- It's the Cleveland Indians home opener and the grounds outside Progressive Field are a sea of red and blue jerseys.
article Rite of Spring: The Annual Protest Against the Cleveland Indians’ Shameful Mascot, Chief Wahoo
(Ohio) -- Outside Progressive Field in Cleveland, a small group gathered Thursday to protest the Indians’ nickname and mascot, Chief Wahoo, a protest that’s...

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