Posted on 11/20/2021 5:46:58 AM PST by Twotone
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally declared "squaw" to be a derogatory term Friday and ordered a task force to find replacement names for valleys, lakes, creeks and other sites on federal lands that use the word.
The order, which takes effect immediately, stands to affect more than 650 place names that use the term, according to figures from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
"Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands. Our nation's lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage — not to perpetuate the legacies of oppression," Haaland said in a news release about the change.
The origin of the word "squaw" has been traced to the Algonquian language, in which it meant simply "woman." But its meaning was skewed by centuries of use by white people, including colonists in the 1600s.
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Looks like Deb just found a new middle name.
Squash sounds very similar to squaw. Should that be banned also...you know, like “niggardly” is now a forbidden word?
Dictionary.com is doing their part!!
squaw
/skwô/
noun OFFENSIVE
a North American Indian woman or wife.
What about Squaw Valley? That place might be privately owned though. Not sure. Big name though.
So square is a derogatory term for woman. Well guess what? Broad is another derogatory term.
So every town in America must immediately find another name for Broadway or Broadview or any other street or place that has the word broad in it.
Broadly speaking, broad is a sexist term.
A lot of squawking and squalling about harmless place names.
I hate when auto correct takes a correctly pronounced word and then changes it. I guess auto correct got the message that squaw must not be used.
STFU and make me a sammich, Deb.
Wasting public money...
So. If you’re an Indian, what the heck are you supposed to call your wife?
“Queen of this damned Castle” whenever it comes up around these parts.
\sarc
And npr repeatedly uses this newly declared derogatory racist word in this article..
No more Indian references in our society ever! Despite the government best efforts they refuse to die so we’ll erase them!
The new wester movie, Indian Lands, starring Deb Haaland as The Squawking Squaw.
The new wester movie, Indian Lands, starring Deb Haaland as The Squawking Squaw.
The new wester movie, Indian Lands, starring Deb Haaland as The Squawking Squaw.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is being a pompous ass in deciding what English words are to be banned in the U.S.
I’ll be sending this to our senators & congressmen. Yes, a gigantic waste of money. Time for Red states to kick the feds out & take back all the land they’ve held onto...UNconstitutionally.
Au contraire.
I find it immensely comforting to know that our “leaders”, having solved nearly all of the minor inconveniences facing Americans, are now focusing on major issues, like this one, that Americans have been fretting about for decades./s
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