When three Dillingham middle school students realized a local creek name included a derogatory word, they decided to do something about it. Now, after two years of work, they’ve won the Spirit of Youth humanitarian award.
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One year ago, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a declaration to remove a slur against Indigenous women from place names on federal lands. Nearly 650 new names were finalized this fall, including one for a Dillingham creek that bore the slur.