Jul 4, 2020When Lajoie and the club parted ways, the needed a name change. There’s to pay tribute to Louis Sockalexis, a Native American who played in Cleveland from 1897-99. Sockalexis died in December 1913.A Jan. 17, 1915, article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer was headlined: “Baseball writers select Indians as best name to apply to the former Naps.”(Photo: Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images)…Jul 4, 2020When Lajoie and the club parted ways, the needed a name change. There’s to pay tribute to Louis Sockalexis, a Native American who played in Cleveland from 1897-99. Sockalexis died in December 1913.A Jan. 17, 1915, article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer was headlined: “Baseball writers select Indians as best name to apply to the former Naps.”(Photo: Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images)WW…