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Utah name among a dozen targeted for change, due to use of racially charged language

The initiative spurred by a Native American group and a Black Lives Matter chapter takes aim at place names offensive to racial and ethnic groups.

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Chinamans Canyon should be renamed Toisan Canyon, state geographic naming board recommends

The 2.2-mile-long valley in Las Animas County carrying the derogatory "Chinaman" term should be renamed to Toisan Canyon, Colorado's Geographic Naming Advisory Board voted on Thursday.

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