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Not clear cut, or a big deal
I remember seeing at the Baseball Hall of Fame a photograph from the 1910s or 1920s of a large group of Native Americans in ceremonial dress being honored on the field at an Indians game. I wish I could find a record of it online. The caption stated that they regarded the name of the team positively, and the fact that they would turn up for the affair would seem to suggest that was in fact the case.
Chief Wahoo is certainly not more cartoonish than the Notre Dame leprechaun. It is not intended to be offensive, and a good percentage of Native Americans do not take it to be, regardless of what one obscure pole or a handful of professional complainers might lead you to believe. This is much ado about nothing.