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Breeding male, Norway. The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) or coween, [2] formerly known as the oldsquaw, is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Dozens of sites across California, U.S. now bear new names in federal order.
People can continue to propose name changes for any feature, including those announced this week. ‘Squaw’ removed from place names. What changed – and what didn’t – in Fresno area
There is a movement to remove the name "squaw" from geographic place names across the United States. [76] There is a minority counter-movement among a small number of academics to "reclaim" what they claim is the possible original meaning of the word, as an in-group term, which could still be offensive if used outside of that speech community.
Kyhv Peak (/ k aɪ v / KIVE, like "dive," from a Ute word for "mountain") [1] is a peak in the Wasatch range. It was once known as "Squaw Peak" and was officially renamed in 2022 as part of a federal order to remove the ethnic slur "squaw" from federally owned places in the United States.
People can continue to propose name changes for any feature, including those announced this week. ‘Squaw’ removed from place names. What changed – and what didn’t – in Fresno area
Palisades Tahoe is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Olympic Valley, California, northwest of Tahoe City in the Sierra Nevada range. From its founding in 1949, the resort was known as Squaw Valley, but it changed its name in 2021 due to the derogatory connotations of the word "squaw".