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Federal government renames Minnesota lake to Manidoons Zaaga'igan Zhaawanor
WCCO.com ^ | 9/9/22 | WCCO STAFF

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.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: 2stupid4words; indians; indigenous; minnesota; nativeamericans; notthebee; pinecounty; squaw; squawlake; woke
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To: arthurus

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.


21 posted on 09/10/2022 11:07:59 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Java4Jay
Who or what is Manidoons Zaaga’igan Zhaawanor?

I think that's a line from a Joe Biden speech.

22 posted on 09/10/2022 11:08:21 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Java4Jay

Prolly named after one of ilhan omar’s landmarks back home?


23 posted on 09/10/2022 11:08:57 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up....)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Manidoons lake for short, my take. No one is going to use the longer name.


24 posted on 09/10/2022 11:09:39 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: GingisK
It is difficult to watch the collapse of reason and the destruction of civilization and to be able to nothing about it.

Keep your head down, collect the money that the government stole from you, and keep them off your back.

25 posted on 09/10/2022 11:11:52 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Java4Jay

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.


26 posted on 09/10/2022 11:12:17 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Java4Jay

It’s an oblast of Wakanda.


27 posted on 09/10/2022 11:12:38 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Jamestown1630

Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis is now officially ‘Bde Maka Ska’.


28 posted on 09/10/2022 11:12:40 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Bayard

Say the whole thing or you are sexist.


29 posted on 09/10/2022 11:13:25 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: GingisK
Manidoons Zaaga'igan Zhaawanor.

So, what does it translate to? Seems to mean there a lot of bugs on a windy lake.

30 posted on 09/10/2022 11:15:12 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Bayard

From the Ojibwe.. many bugs.


31 posted on 09/10/2022 11:16:43 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’ve renamed the Federal Government...but let’s hear your suggestions...


32 posted on 09/10/2022 11:17:16 AM PDT by G Larry (Biden: Ignorant and Dishonest Before he was Senile.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Maybe some day they’ll tackle Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg in Massachusetts.


33 posted on 09/10/2022 11:17:22 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: ken in texas

My father was born in Mass. He used to tell us about that lake.

Do you know the translation?


34 posted on 09/10/2022 11:21:45 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: GingisK
It is difficult to watch the collapse of reason and the destruction of civilization and to be able to nothing about it.

I agree. This is disgusting.

I was hoping this was the Bee, but no, it’s just more evil befalling our country.

35 posted on 09/10/2022 11:24:23 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Sad. Done mostly out of disrespect for American Indians. I think they are trying to whitewash them from America and American History.


36 posted on 09/10/2022 11:26:13 AM PDT by Tupelo (Don't under estimate the Republicans ability to f*** things up)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“…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”.


37 posted on 09/10/2022 11:29:53 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX!)
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To: Jim W N

It is up to us to stop it. As a citizen republic, it is up to us.


38 posted on 09/10/2022 11:31:32 AM PDT by EBH ( 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: House Atreides

There is a Woman Lake in the Hackensack area of MN.


39 posted on 09/10/2022 11:33:14 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Java4Jay

Might be Iroquois?


40 posted on 09/10/2022 11:33:19 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Giant meteor 2022!!!)
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