The Native American community in that region is wholly supportive of the Braves’ program, including the chop.
Naturally, this struck a nerve with fans of Cleveland’s baseball team, many who are still angry over the franchise’s decision in July to drop the name Indians and open the the 2022 season as the Cleveland Guardians.
When the Indians made the decision to drop Chief Wahoo as their logo at the end of the 2018 season — a decision strongly encouraged by Manfred — owner Paul Dolan was committed to retaining the name Indians.
When the Indians finally announced the name change in July of this year, the organization said the change was made to foster unity and social justice in the Cleveland Community.
When Washington and Cleveland announced that they were considering name changes in 2020, the Braves ownership said they saw no reason to change their name.
Ownership also emailed season ticket holders a statement in 2020 which read in part, “Through our conversations, changing the name of the Braves is not under consideration or deemed necessary.
In doing their research concerning the name change, they talked to the Lake Erie Native American Council and the National Council of American Indians.
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Bud Selig, who preceded Manfred as commissioner, believed a decision on the Indians team name and logo should be made by the team.
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