Secretary Haaland Takes Action to Remove Derogatory Names From Federal Lands

Excerpt:  “Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today formally established a process to review and replace derogatory names of the nation’s geographic features. She also declared ‘squaw’ to be a derogatory term and ordered the Board on Geographic Names – the federal body tasked with naming geographic places – to implement procedures to remove the term from federal usage.”