What is it about?
This paper explores one fan's struggle to support a historically inept small market franchise that over the course of a century systematically sanitized the horrific plight of Native Americans by culturally appropriating the surviving remnants of a civilization with a team name and logo that both united and divided its fan base.
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My research gave me the opportunity to engage with the media and community in Cleveland. I would like to think that I made some small contribution to retiring Chief Wahoo and the name Indians.
Timothy Jurkovac
Bowling Green State University
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This page is a summary of: The Enigma of Being a Cleveland Indians Fan, NINE A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, January 2020, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/nin.2020.0007.
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