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What Should The Cleveland Baseball Team Be Called? [Survey]

Take Patch's survey and tell us which nickname should replace "Indians"!

The Cleveland baseball team will reportedly drop its Indians moniker and adopt a new nickname.
The Cleveland baseball team will reportedly drop its Indians moniker and adopt a new nickname. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians will soon change their nickname.

Long a source of controversy, the Cleveland baseball team has decided to drop its "Indians" moniker and adopt a new nickname. It's unclear when that name will be announced, or when it will be officially rolled out, but several possible new names have been bandied about by fans.

The reported name change comes amid a wider movement against keeping sports team nicknames affiliated with Native Americans. Earlier this year, the Washington Redskins in the National Football League dropped their nickname and are now called the Washington Football Team.

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