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What’s in a name?: A Reno bakery changes ‘squaw bread’ to ‘prairie bread’ after protest

When a Reno bakery owner declined to talk to Wishelle Banks about changing the name of their “squaw bread”—a moniker widely recognized as a slur against Indigenous women—Banks went to the store on Nov. 20 to stand in the rain with a protest sign.  When Banks arrived at the House of Bread at 1185 California Ave., however, a bakery employee met her to say the name had been changed to “prairie bread” and that the matter was resolved. The Reno franc…
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Reno News & Review broke the news in on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
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