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Interior Dept Announces Removal Of Algonquin Word For Woman Now Deemed Forbidden In Arizona – Arizona Daily Independent

Interior Dept Announces Removal Of Algonquin Word For Woman Now Deemed Forbidden In Arizona – Arizona Daily Independent
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Interior Department renaming sites containing Native slur

The valleys, streams, reservoirs and other geographic features will receive new names, effective immediately, that do not contain the word

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Dozens of Northwest places have a slur in their name People are coming up with replacement names

People with an interest in geography or Pacific Northwest history are coming up with replacement names for dozens of places around the region that currently have a name considered derogatory.

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Dozens of Northwest places have a slur in their name People are coming up with replacement names

People with an interest in geography or Pacific Northwest history are coming up with replacement names for dozens of places around the region that currently have a name considered derogatory. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior launched the search for new names by ordering a specific racial slur stricken off the map nationwide as expeditiously as possible.

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Dozens of Northwest places have a slur in their name People are coming up with replacement names

Dozens of Northwest places have a slur in their name People are coming up with replacement names
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