Posted on 11/29/2021 11:03:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A ski mountain is set to remove a derogatory term for Native American women from its name — two decades after state law eliminated the slur from names of communities and public landmarks.
The leader of a group of investors that’s buying Big Squaw Mountain Resort in Greenville vowed to retire the name upon completion of the purchase, the Portland Press Herald reported.
“It’s going to change. There is no doubt about that,” said Perry Williams, managing partner at Big Lake Development Co.
“It’s about time,” Penobscot National Tribe Ambassador Maulian Dana said of the prospective owners’ plans.
The mountain’s name was changed from Big Squaw Mountain to Big Moose Mountain after the state banned the word from public place names like towns, mountains and lakes in 2000. But the offensive word had carried on at the ski resort because it’s a privately owned business.
The word “squaw,” derived from the Algonquin language, may have once simply meant “woman,” but over generations, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage Indigenous women, according to experts.
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“The new name will be Kamala Hoe Mountain.”
I’m not sure your name will go but there is a history in that area that Harris could be considered a representation of... Sparks, Nevada is 43 miles up the hill which is the home of The Mustang Ranch. Appropriate.
wy69
So instead of claiming the word back and removing the recent disparaging usage, they are just going to whine and b*tch about it.
I don’t think this strategy works out well in the end.
Johnny Cash is singing backup on that song.
How about big camel toe.
“The new name will be Kamala Hoe Mountain.”
I’m not sure your name will go but there is a history in that area that Harris could be considered a representation of. Sparks, Nevada is 43 miles up the hill from Squaw Valley which is the home of The Mustang Ranch. Appropriate. And if ever there was ever a true olympic sport, she could coach. Both winter and summer. She can’t compete, she’s over qualified.
wy69
The word “Squa” means bitch or whore, “Squaw” means woman or wife.
wait til they get to everything named after beavers ...
Good!
That stupid Squaw caused me a lifetime of grief. I was a young lad of about 10, Riding a T-bar up by myself in 1977 on Squaw mountain, it lifted me off the ground, spun around and knocked most of my #8 tooth(right one of the two front teeth)
5 caps, multiple posts and ultimately got an implant 4 years go that took about 16 months start to finish at a cost of about $5000! I’ll bet that was a lifetime cost of over 10k for one tooth.
That damn Squaw can go eff herself!
The word “rainbow,” derived from the Book of Genesis, may have once simply meant “God's covenant with Noah,” but over this generation, the word morphed into a perverted and degenerate symbol to blaspheme Noah's God, according to observable reality.
Oh BS - it always meant Indian woman and was never derogatory.
Next they’ll start removing any towns or buildings named “Karen” because that’s offensive.
Oh BS - it always meant Indian woman and was never derogatory.
Next they’ll start removing any towns or buildings named “Karen” because that’s offensive.
(Offensive to our so called “Vice” president).
Experts? Who made them experts?
Definition: A former drip under pressure.
I can’t believe Big White (in B.C., Canada) has hung in there.
Then there is the entire White Mountain range
Shawnee Peak, next name to go in these parts ....
In Maryland - on I-68??
Since when did communists become "experts" at anything besides killing, tyranny, and bureaucracy?
Uh Oh, I guess Black Mountain next to lake George NY is next.
Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Calif already changed name.
right? otherwise, it’d be, awkward...
Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Calif already changed name.
I wonder what happens to ALL the GPS units that are already programmed?????/
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