The Triple-A team Indianapolis Indians has decided to keep their team name after pressure from woke activists sent the team on a two-year campaign to look into claims its name was offensive and racist.
said that the minor league team will keep the name it has had since 1902 and cited the support of Chief Brian Buchanan of the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana with the decision.
Indianapolis Indians infielder Rodolfo Castro makes the throw to first during a MiLB game between the Memphis Redbirds and the Indianapolis Indians on June 24, 2022, at Victory Field in Indianapolis, IN. “Everyone agreed this organization has done everything that’s supposed to be done when you are going down this path and they’ve been so respectful in every aspect,” Buchanan told the paper. “Contacting us, that was the first thing that was major. And being able to listen and not have closed ears and eyes shut.”“That’s who we are. We are the Miami Indians of the state of Indiana. That’s part of our name,” Buchanan added.
“What they have done is they have ran through any recognized tribe or legitimate organization until they have gotten to somebody who has given them an answer they wanted to hear,” said Carolina A. Castoreno, executive director of the American Indian Center of Indiana.
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