In a move that was first announced by the New York Times Sunday night, Monday the Cleveland Major League Baseball franchise announced that they are no longer going to be known as the “Indians.”
The club sent out an email Monday, stating that they are making the move from “Indians” to another nickname official.
Since July, we have conducted an extensive process to learn how our team name affected different constituencies and whether it aligned with our organizational values. As a result of that process, we have decided to move forward with changing the current team name and determining a new, non-Native American based name for the franchise.