Prof. Rima Wilkes in BBC news re Canadians avoiding calling Cleveland team ‘Indians’



The BBC interviewed Rima Wilkes for a story on Canadians’ reluctance to say the full name of the Cleveland Indians baseball team because they think it appropriates indigenous culture.

“I think that indigenous rights and indigenous politics are much more visible in Canada, and they play a more significant role nationally than in the United States,” Wilkes said.  View full  BBC article.



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