'A good move for the future': Federal officials ask for public input in renaming 28 sites with derogatory names in Wisconsin-Government is moving to eliminate names that are offensive to Native people

WPR ^ | April 7, 2022 | Diane Bezucha

[bigbob]

Leinies still has the Indian Princess and a large metal version is hanging on my wall

[Living Free in NH]

Hell, just rename them all, but with numbers only. You can say, “I grew up in 73418945.”

What do you have against the number 2? Nothing worse than 2-phobic jerks...

[Who is John Galt?]

Ugh, how much money is going to be wasted on this BS?

Way too much, obviously - of course, they could change all of the "squaw" place names 'on the cheap', by just adding a "k" to the end. Don't think anyone would be offended by "Squawk Lake" or "Squawk Mountain"...

;>)

[ought-six]

“What do you have against the number 2? Nothing worse than 2-phobic jerks...”

The same thing I have against the numbers 0 and 6! :)

[Vision]

Anything with Malcolm X has to go.

[gibsonguy]

Good one. Your suggestion may be “too on the nose”.

[TonyinLA]

Speaking with a forked tongue, high on fire water, pockets full of wampum, I’m sending up smoke signals:

“We need to eradicate all vestiges of the natives. Wipe them off the map, so to say. That’s the only way to protect them. They certainly can’t do it themselves.”

[piasa]

Phuccinlibs Mountain
Unnecessary River
Mount Unneccessary
Cuckoo Holler
Crapitol Hill
Uppah Creek
Park Overder
O’Fudge Park

[Diana in Wisconsin]

We ran them ‘Ambers’ out decades ago. Weak bloodline. ;)

[piasa]

Replace all the offensive names with the word white, or with the name Trump, see how they like them apples.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

These State History ‘Cleansers’ need to be at the bottom of Lake Butte des Morts!

The name ‘Butte des Morts’ was given by French colonial settlers. It means ‘Mound of the Dead,’ in reference to a nearby PREHISTORIC Indian burial mound.

(Pronounced: ‘Be-you-dey-more’)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"They celebrated their power, warrior virtues, and culture and history."

Exactly. I am ALL for 'celebrating' this:

:)

[Jamestown1630]

Oh, my...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

He’s Native American, Alaskan. Model and actor. He’s cut his hair short since this picture. :(

[Big Brother Go to Hell]

The bottom picture looks like genocide and I’m not joking. I’m from Oklahoma, an Indian state if there ever was one. I’m probably of Native descent myself, as most of this state’s people proudly are. The “change” looks like the aftermath of a nuclear war of Yellowstone super eruption at best, but as the result of a National Socialist race murder at worst (!).

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...so none left to be offended? That’s great news.

[Does so]

“When white people use it it simply means “indian woman”. But hey, there’s the problem. White people say it. So it’s bad”

New Hampshire has “Squam Lake” and everybody’s happy!

[Jamestown1630]

I guess this is where the guys here would say, ‘Not Guilty!’

[OldGoatCPO]

Been on the Lac Du Flambeau Rez more times than I can mention. Did not exactly see them putting their woman on a pedestal. Some good people on the Rez, lots of vets. However, despite the Casino, business investments, better schools it is still a dump for the most part. Lots of drunks and drugs. They have done a lot better on show casing their culture and history. But still a dump.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Exactly! FR should be an Equal Opportunity spot, LOL!