[Mick]

Actually sportswriters started calling them the Indians about 1925. 

1.  The scatter like Indians on offense
2.  Pop warner has coached at the Carlisle Scool of Indians.

The question could be what was the nickname before Indians ?

I thought it was "Cardinal".

This link says from 1972 to 1981, it was the Cardinals, plural.
https://gostanford.com/sports/2013/4/17/...niversity.

[Mick]

Actually sportswriters started calling them the Indians about 1925. 

1.  The scatter like Indians on offense
2.  Pop warner has coached at the Carlisle Scool of Indians.

The question could be what was the nickname before Indians ?

I thought it was "Cardinal".

This link says from 1972 to 1981, it was the Cardinals, plural.
https://gostanford.com/sports/2013/4/17/...niversity.