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Native Americans won state backing to ban a term used to denigrate Native women from geographic place names. Fresno County says the state should butt out.
Native Americans won state backing to ban a term used to denigrate Native women from geographic place names. Fresno County says the state should butt out.
Lila Seidman/Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — As white settlers made their way west, so did the word “squaw.”
Eventually, it took root in nearly 100 California place names, possibly more – Squaw Creek, Squaw Peak, Squaw Hollow, Squaw Flat.
For a historic ski resort that hosted the 1960 Wi
The coalition's founder said Fresno County leaders have ignored his proposal. He likened the term "squaw" to the "C-word," aimed specifically at Indigenous women.