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California to rename dozens of sites containing the word 'squaw' : NPR

A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California ... Skiers ski past dry ...

California to remove racist term for Native American Woman from ...

"The term is recognized as a racial, ethnic, and gender-based slur, particularly aimed at Native American women. Its removal is a crucial step ...

Squaw - Wikipedia

The English word squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, [1] [2] [3] [4] historically used for Indigenous North American women.

A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from ... - WKKY

A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California ... The word “squaw” was declared derogatory by the ...

Squaw - L³ - The Lewis And Clark Rediscovery Project

This is not to suggest that some whites, unaware of its derogatory meaning, occasionally use the term out of ignorance of the meaning it holds for Indians.

California removes slur targeting Indigenous women from location ...

Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term "squaw" from more than 30 geographic features and place names on California lands ...

Squaw - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Squaw is a term historically used in North America, particularly in the United States and Canada, to refer to Indigenous women.

US changes names of places with racist term for Native women

New names for nearly 650 places bearing the offensive word “squaw” include the mundane (Echo Peak, Texas), peculiar (No Name Island, Maine) and ...

Slur targeting Indigenous women removed from California location ...

California officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term “squaw” in over 30 locations in 15 counties on California lands, ...

Five U.S. Locations Renamed to Remove Slur Aimed At Indigenous ...

The sites mark the last of nearly 650 geographic features to be renamed as part of a year-long process to expel the word from federal land.

'Squaw' removed from place names. What changed - Fresno Bee

Six place names were changed across the region to remove “squaw” – a term “that has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur,”

California removes slur targeting Indigenous women from location ...

California removes slur targeting Indigenous women from location names — Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term “squaw” from ...

CA bill bans the word 'squaw' from location names | Sacramento Bee

Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would remove the word “squaw,” a slur against Native American women, from all location ...

California will rename places to remove racist term for a Native ...

California officials say the state is removing a derogatory term for a Native American woman from geographic features and place names.

Effort to remove 'squaw' from names of 18 places in WA risks ...

“When you have a name in a very, very, flawed and imperfect way commemorating Indigenous women, and you go and you pick another nearby place off ...

California renaming 30+ sites to remove racist term for a Native ...

A racist term for a Native American woman will be removed from nearly three dozen geographic features and place names on California lands, ...

California will rename places to remove racist term for a Native ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say the state is removing a derogatory term for a Native American woman from geographic ...

Interior Dept. Takes Steps to Replace Derogatory Place Names ...

... removing derogatory terms from place names, starting with Indigenous slur "squaw."

US changes names of places with racist term for Native women

New names for nearly 650 places bearing the offensive word “squaw” include the mundane (Echo Peak, Texas) peculiar (No Name Island, Maine) and ...

Is 'squaw' really an offensive name and to whom?

The word squaw was used against indigenous women because the settlers said that was what they sounded like as they were being raped. A simple ...