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Petition Proposes Change for MT Sites Named after Confederate Leader

Petition Proposes Change for MT Sites Named after Confederate Leader
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Historic push underway to remove Confederate President Jefferson Davis' name from Montana landmarks


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New names would honor Salish people, Chinese immigrants
Exactly 156 years to the day since the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis by the United States, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes led an official push to remove the blight of his name from three geographic features in the state of Montana.  
A petition submitted to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names on May 10 asked that Jeff Davis Peak, Jeff Davis Creek and Davis Gulch be renamed “Three Eagles Peak,” “Choos-wee Creek” and “In-qu-qu-leet Gulch”, respectively. The names were chosen to honor the Indigenous inhabitants of Montana and Chinese immigrants whose contributions to the state have been largely ignored. ....

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Activist groups, CSKT call for renaming of Montana sites named after Jefferson Davis


HELENA, Mont. - Activist groups and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) put forward a petition Tuesday to rename three Montana geographic sites currently named after Jefferson Davis, the former Confederated States of America president.
The Montana Racial Equity Project, the Montana Human Rights Network, Forward Montana Foundation, Mai Wah Society, Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the CSKT sent the petition to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
They are asking the board to change the names of the following places listed in the petition:
Jeff Davis Peak, located in the southern Bitterroot Range in Beaver County, to Three Eagles Peak in recognition of Salish Chief Three Eagles. ....

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