The name change is the first of its kind for a California park, part of a broad effort to identify and rectify derogatory names attached to state parks and transportation systems, officials said.
Jessica Cejnar / Monday, May 10 @ 6:02 p.m. It’s Emotional and It s Not For the Faint of Heart ; True North Committee Embarks on Getting Patrick s Point, Fort Humboldt, Peacock Bar Renamed in Local Languages
Patrick s Point State Park, where Sumeg Village is located, is one of the state park units True North Organizing Network is proposing to rename. Photo courtesy of California State Parks.
Six months after California officials laid the groundwork for changing names of places associated with discrimination and genocide against Native Americans, a new True North Organizing Network committee has come up with three candidates Patrick’s Point, Fort Humboldt and Peacock Bar.