On Tuesday, the Washington State Board of Natural Resources officially renamed five geographic features that previously bore names that were derogatory to Native American women. FOX13
Specifically, the committee and tribes are looking to remove the word ‘squaw’—an ethnic and sexual slur historically used to refer to Indigenous women. The word is considered universally offensive by Native Americans and First Nation people. In 2021, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland declared the term to be derogatory, and formally ordered it be removed from names of natural locations.PREVIOUS COVERAGE:The five-acre lake west of Lake Wenatchee is now named "Masawii Lake".
According to the DNR, this passage played a significant route for S’Kallam and Chemacum peoples in the 18th and 19th centuries. The passage had been blocked for about 100 years before reopening in 2019.The nine-acre lake north of Cl Elum is now called "Nosh Nosh Wahtum", which translates to "Salamander Lake".The 2-mile ridge 8 miles west of Pateros is now named Swaram Creek Ridge after the creek that runs below it.
The name was proposed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, coming from a Methow tribal elder. Another name for the ridge is still in the works. Staff have submitted "Mokheil", a traditional name for this landform, as an alternate name.
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