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Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term "squaw" from over 30 geographic features and place names on California lands. California removes slur targeting Indigenous women from ...
The federal government has removed a word long used to slur Native American women from use on federal lands including 80 sites in California, U.S. Department of Interior officials announced Thursday.
The term squaw is considered offensive by Indigenous peoples in America and Canada due to its use for hundreds of years in a derogatory context [3] that demeans Native American women. This has ranged from condescending images (e.g., picture postcards depicting "Indian squaw and papoose ") to racialized epithets.
Federal, state, and local forces are at work to change Squaw Valley’s name. Hundreds of places have removed ‘squaw’ from name. Why not the town in Fresno County?
Kat Anderson's book, Tending the wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources, delves into the "hunter-gatherer" stereotype which describes survival solely on hunting animals and gathering of berries and other plants. The author attempts to break this stereotype by illustrating the varied ways Indigenous ...
By 1873, non-native hunters adapted the name in English to "Squaw Valley", because "squaw" was the term used by white settlers for Indigenous women; it is considered a slur by natives. [10] [11] [12] The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) officially assigned the name "Squaw Valley" to the community in 1957 and to the basin in 1959. [12]
California is stripping the word “squaw” – a derogatory term for Indigenous women – from dozens of place names across 15 counties, state agencies recently announced.
Squaw Sachem of Mistick (c. 1590-1650 or 1667), a leader of a Massachusett tribe who deeded large tracts of land in eastern Massachusetts to early colonial settlers McGill Squaws, former name of the women's collegiate sports teams of McGill University, now McGill Martlets