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Donna Law appointed by Gov Cox to direct Utah Dept of Cultural & Community Engagement

Donna Law appointed by Gov Cox to direct Utah Dept of Cultural & Community Engagement
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Utah Division of Indian Affairs holds Governor s Native American Summit

Utah Division of Indian Affairs holds Governor s Native American Summit
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Did Utah pass bill to address epidemic of missing Indigenous people?

The Utah Legislature passed a bill that hopes to address the state’s high number of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

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Utah Legislature passes bill to address epidemic of missing, murdered Indigenous people

HB25 extends the Utah Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force another year and renames it to the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Task Force.

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Insensitive place names such as Squaw Peak may become easier to rename

Deseret News Share this story Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY Squaw Peak has been a contentious name for years, but state lawmakers, local community activists and Native American voices are joining to try and streamline the process to change geographic names like the one for the familiar peak above Brigham Young University. SB10 would include the Utah Division of Indian Affairs in the process with the Utah Committee on Geographic Names to more easily submit a name change request of geographic areas that use American Indian-related terms and any places that use the word “squaw.” The bill singles out squaw for a specific reason.

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