Last month, the Department of the Interior asked for nominations for a new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names. The goal is to replace derogatory names on millions of acres administere.
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Both the federal and state governments are making changes to expedite the painstaking process of removing offensive names from landmarks across the West, including Utah, California, Idaho and Arizona.
It has been 400 years since Native Americans took part in the first Thanksgiving, hosted by the Europeans who had appeared the previous year. This year also marks the first time a federal department has been headed by a Native American, and last week, she did something that broke a new path.