U.S. completes renaming of 650 places to remove derogatory term

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The Department of the Interior issued an order last year calling for more than 650 public places in the United States that use the term to be renamed. Forty-one places in Wyoming now have new names. About a third of those are creeks, including the waterway west of Casper that has been dubbed Platte Creek.

Published 5 months ago · Washington, United States

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Reuters

U.S. completes renaming of 650 places to remove derogatory term

The Biden administration on Thursday said it had completed the removal of the word "squaw" from nearly 650 place names on federal land as part of an effort to reckon with the nation's racist past. The Interior Deparment had said in November of last year that it was beginning a process to do away the word, a term for Indigenous women that Native Americans find offensive.

5 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Hindu

U.S. changes names of places with racist term for Native women

The U.S. government has renamed hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other geographical features that carry a racist and misogynistic term for a Native American woman

5 months ago·India

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USA Today

US changes names of nearly 650 places with racist Native American women term

The U.S. government has renamed nearly 650 geographical locations that bear a racist and misogynistic slur for a Native American woman.

5 months ago·United States

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US changes names of places with racist term for Native women

The U.S. government has renamed hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other geographical features that carry a racist and misogynistic term for a Native American woman.

5 months ago·United States

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US changes names of places with racist term for Native women

By MEAD GRUVER Associated PressCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. government has renamed hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other geographical features that carry a racist and misogynistic term for a Native American woman. New names for nearly 650 places bearing the offensive word “squaw” include the mundane, peculiar and Indigenous language terms. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the changes Thursday after an almost yearlong process. Haa…

5 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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The Hill

Interior Department removes anti-Native slur from usage in federal place names

The Interior Department announced Thursday that it has completed the removal of a slur for Native American women from federal place names after announcing a review in November. In the announcement…

5 months ago·Washington, United States

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