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At the professional level, teams like the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks, and Cleveland Indians have drawn very little controversy over their use of Native American symbols. Polling in 2020 shows that a majority of Native American people NOT caring about team names, mascots, chants, and dances that imitate native culture ...
The building served as one of the locations used by Cleveland YMCA School of Technology, which eventually became Fenn College and ultimately Cleveland State University 1964. [2] Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, [ 1 ] Central YMCA building was purchased by Cleveland State University in September 2009 and later renovated ...
Prior to the arrival of the Browns, the stadium was briefly the home field for two other NFL teams, the Cleveland Indians in 1931, and the Cleveland Rams from 1936 to 1937 and again from 1939 to 1941. The football Indians played two home games in their 1931 season, a 6–0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers and a 14–0 loss to the Chicago Cardinals ...
Two-time American League Champion 1995, 1997, Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame (class of 2009) Richard E. "Dick" Jacobs (June 16, 1925 – June 5, 2009) was an American businessman and real estate developer who co-founded the Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. , Richard E. Jacobs Group, and owner of the Cleveland Indians from 1986 to 1999.
Legal scholar Steve Russell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation [34] stated in 2001: "The Cleveland Indians are probably the least offensively named professional team, until you meet Chief Wahoo. It is like naming a team the 'African-American Freedom Fighters' and then making Sambo the mascot.
The 2021 Cleveland Indians season was the 121st season for the franchise. It was the ninth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and sixth under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians played their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. This was the team's final season under the name Indians.
In the summer of 1934, the team was renamed the Cleveland Falcons, and under that name became a charter member of the International-American Hockey League (now American Hockey League). Subsequently, the team was renamed the Cleveland Barons for the 1937–38 season, a name they kept until 1973. They folded after the 1973–74 season.
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