'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

[Bayard]

Final scrubbing out of history.

[SJackson]

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

Might have expected more places with squaw in the name.

[ought-six]

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

[gibsonguy]

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

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Every word will offend somebody.

Did they ask all the women in Wisconsin named “Amber” what they thought about their name being appropriated for a mere lake? I’ll bet half of them are really upset and offended.

[SJackson]

When you consider signage that has to be replaced and the many officials involved, probably a fair amount.

[Tupelo]

Whatever
Now, can we have Robert E. Lee back?

[PIF]

Shove it, you fug ugly witch.

Not you SJ.

[Jamestown1630]

Are they going to do a referendum to see how many NAs are actually offended, or is a small activist elite going to make the decision for them?

I ask because every time they’ve done a survey as to whether Natives found the Redskins name offensive, a vast majority - about 80 per cent - have NOT found it so.

[PghBaldy]

Someone should tell them this is offensive to transsupremacists.

[Antoninus]

What they're really doing is erasing Native American history.

Erase the Indian, keep the land.

[Fledermaus]

The Stupid is strong on the dark side

[Jamestown1630]

This is exactly what they’re doing.

Aboriginal Americans will be virtually invisible to most of the country, because we’re removing all references to them and their culture and history.

[SkyDancer]

How?

[Sacajaweau]

These teams/places that have Indian names...This was a way to promote the history of the Indians....promoted by Roosevelt??

Okay....Poof...you're gone. Basic stupidity.

[pepsi_junkie]

Who considers “squaw” a derogatory term? Is “frau” one too? “Senora”? When white people use it it simply means “indian woman”. But hey, there’s the problem. White people say it. So it’s bad.

[TigerHawk]

The stupidity of the left is a bottomless pit, as is their constant search for something to offend them! Who else could write about such a horribly offensive word and never mention what it is. So incredibly stupid! You would think people would be embarrassed to publicly display what morons they are. I wonder what they’ll want INDIA to change it’s name to?

[Jamestown1630]

I didn’t know about Roosevelt, but this is true. And the mascots didn’t demean the Indians. They celebrated their power, warrior virtues, and culture and history.

[gundog]

I know some of the “squaw” places in Oregon were changed years ago.