On July 23, 2021, the team announced that beginning in the 2022 season, their new name would be the Cleveland Guardians. The name change was made official on November 19, 2021.

Legal scholar Steve Russell, a citizen of the Cherokee nation stated in 2001: “ The Cleveland Indians are probably the least offensively name professional team, until you meet Chief Wahoo. It’s like naming a team, the African-American Freedom Fighters, and then making Sambo the mascot“

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