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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.