Cleveland Indians Abandon Team’s 121 Year-Old Name, Announce They’ll Become ‘Guardians’ at Season’s End By Craig Bannister | July 23, 2021 | 11:13am EDT
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The Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball (MLB) announced Friday morning that it will be changing its name from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians after the conclusion of the 2021 season.
“While ‘Indians’ will always be a part of our history, our new name will help unify our fans and city as we are all Cleveland Guardians,” team owner and Chairman Paul Dolan said in a press release.
The MLB baseball team has been named the Cleveland Indians for 121 years, ever since its founding in 1900.
Cleveland Indians Abandon Team s 121 Year-Old Name, Announce They ll Become Guardians at Season s End
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Cleveland Indians Changing Name To Guardians at End of 2021 Season
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Dec 14, 2020
CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Indians today announced our decision to begin the process of changing from our team name “Indians.” 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.
In our statement in June 2020, we acknowledged the importance of taking a leadership role in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across the community and enhancing our support for underserved and under-represented groups. As part of that commitment, we heard from individuals and groups who shared a variety of views and opinions on the issue. We are deeply grateful for the interest and engagement from Native American communities, civic leaders, leading researchers, fans, corporate partners, pla