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Replacement names for seven unincorporated places in the U.S. that contained the slur were approved, including one located near the North Dakota-Montana border.
WASHINGTON (KFGO) - The U.S. Department of the Interior has removed a derogatory word from the names of nearly 650 places on federal lands, including ...
WASHINGTON (KFGO) - The U.S. Department of the Interior has removed a derogatory word from the names of nearly 650 places on federal lands, including ...
From the American Opinioin editorial: Late in 2021, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally created a process to replace derogatory names of geographic features across the nation. She declared the word “squaw” to be derogatory and ordered a federal panel — called the Board on Geographic Names — to move forward with procedures to remove that word from federal usage.
I hesitate to try to figure the cost to benefit ratio (an old federal requirement before spending our tax dollars) on coming up with that list of seven names.