Posted on 09/10/2022 10:49:21 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
MINNEAPOLIS -- The federal government recently renamed hundreds of lakes, streams, summits and other places to remove an offensive term for Indigenous women.
The new name for the lake formerly known as Squaw Lake, which is located in Pine County, is Manidoons Zaaga'igan Zhaawanor.
It's one of the nearly 650 changes that have been made by the government in order to avoid the use of the slur. Among the states with the most instances include California, which had 80 name changes, and Arizona, which had 66.
Wisconsin had 28 instances of names being changed, the closest of which is the lake now known as Apple Lake in St. Croix County.
"I feel a deep obligation to use my platform to ensure that our public lands and waters are accessible and welcoming. That starts with removing racist and derogatory names that have graced federal locations for far too long," Secretary Deb Haaland said. "I am grateful to the members of the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force and the Board on Geographic Names for their efforts to prioritize this important work. Together, we are showing why representation matters and charting a path for an inclusive America."
The name changes come from the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force, which included representatives from the Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, National Park Service, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the U.S. Geological Survey and the Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service.
Well, sorry you’ve turned yourself in to the Left as a POW in this culture/freedom war.
There’s still enough Patriots who will never relinquish our God-given freedoms protected by the Constitution without a fight.
Freedom is hardly won and easily lost. May I never relinquish my freedom without the shedding of blood.
“Better dead than red” and “give me liberty or give me death”. May that echo among Patriots across our land.
I think that's a line from a Joe Biden speech.
Prolly named after one of ilhan omar’s landmarks back home?
Manidoons lake for short, my take. No one is going to use the longer name.
Keep your head down, collect the money that the government stole from you, and keep them off your back.
With that name fully spelled out on the sign, you might think you were visiting a lake in Wales.
It will get shortened by the users over time, just like every other unnecessarily long name does.
It’s an oblast of Wakanda.
Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis is now officially ‘Bde Maka Ska’.
Say the whole thing or you are sexist.
So, what does it translate to? Seems to mean there a lot of bugs on a windy lake.
From the Ojibwe.. many bugs.
I’ve renamed the Federal Government...but let’s hear your suggestions...
Maybe some day they’ll tackle Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts.
My father was born in Mass. He used to tell us about that lake.
Do you know the translation?
I agree. This is disgusting.
I was hoping this was the Bee, but no, it’s just more evil befalling our country.
Sad. Done mostly out of disrespect for American Indians. I think they are trying to whitewash them from America and American History.
“…The new name for the lake formerly known as Squaw Lake, which is located in Pine County, is Manidoons Zaaga’igan Zhaawanor….”
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It would have been easier to rename it “Frau Lake”.
It is up to us to stop it. As a citizen republic, it is up to us.
There is a Woman Lake in the Hackensack area of MN.
Might be Iroquois?
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