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.
Manidoons Zaaga’igan Zhaawanor
I shall forever call it the lake I can’t pronounce.
psst.....hey, Native Americans...... they’re not responding to the insensitivity of 100’s of years by changing these names...... they’re erasing you.......
There go the leftists again, removing American Indian women from the picture. Squaw was never used as a derogatory term when I was growing up. Never.
“Who or what is Manidoons Zaaga’igan Zhaawanor ?”
Literally it means: When your guardian angel of life urinates on your flintlock rifle, your luck has done run out.
Glad that changed it to such a catchy name, instead of something complicated like woman lake. Or native american woman lake.
they don’t know what a woman is, they wouldn’t name it that
MZZ, The Lake formerly known as Squaw - Lake FKAS, or simply: Tge Lake (hat tip to The Artist, Prince).
What’s that? An African name. By the way, what are the Indians calling women these days now that the whiter than Snowflakes with their worthless fake college diplomas won’t allow them to use the “sq....” word anymore?
“I shall forever call it the lake I can’t pronounce.”
Just call it “the lake formerly known as Squaw.”
“MZZ, The Lake formerly known as Squaw . . .”
You beat me.
The new name just rolls off the tongue. Not!!!
Who decided squaw is a slur?
“Manidoons lake for short, my take. “
Until Manidoons becomes a slur. And why wouldn’t it? Squaw isn’t a slur.
Maybe some day they’ll tackle Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts.
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What a grand name. LOL. Apparently it was changed to something pronounceable - Webster Lake.
https://www.discovercentralma.org/profile/webster-lake-2-2-2/
More proof government by democrats is government by stupid racists.
The lake's name comes an Algonquian language, and is often said to mean, "Fishing Place at the Boundaries—Neutral Meeting Grounds", while some prefer "lake divided by islands". A humorous translation is: "You fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, and no one shall fish in the middle".
Yup. I grew up around there and always called it Webster Lake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gwoyIRNpCI ...
That name is a lot easier to remember than Squaw, which I just about guarantee the people of the region will still call it. More waste is all it is. Who was the guy who used to bring out the stupid wasteful things government spent their money on? He was really famous, a Congressional Rep I think.
RE: formerly known as Squaw Lake its new name is Manidoons Zaaga’igan Zhaawanor.
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But everyone knew it as Nancy.
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