The Interior Department announced that five places in states across the country would be renamed. The sites previously included a racist term for a Native American woman.
announced on Thursday that a board had voted to rename five places in states across the country that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman.
In a release, the department noted that the Board on Geographic Names had voted on final replacement names for nearly 650 geographic features but said an additional review was completed for seven locations that"are considered unincorporated populated places."The changes came after a year-long process to remove the historically offensive word"squaw" from the names of geographic sites across the country.
Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland visits the cemetery of the Camp Amache site in Granada, Colorado, on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. "Words matter, particularly in our work to ensure our nation’s public lands and waters are accessible and welcoming to people of all backgrounds,"said in a statement."I am grateful to the members of the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force and the Board on Geographic Names for their efforts to finalize the removal of this harmful word. Together, we are showing why representation matters and charting a path for an inclusive America.
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