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Yakama Nation Granted Derogatory Feature Name Change

Nine tribal proposals to rename features across Washington state that once bore a derogatory term for Native American women are now official

East canyon ridgeUnited statesLittle white salmon riverColumbia riverSkamania countyBlue lakeKlickitat countyLucille aalvicAalvic wahtumPataniks pushtyeTimla wapyktTimla pushtyeUs department of theCommittee on geographic namesArmy corps of engineersWashington state committee on geographic names

Yakama Nation Granted Derogatory Feature Name Change

Nine tribal proposals to rename features across Washington state that once bore a derogatory term for Native American women are now official

East canyon ridgeUnited statesLittle white salmon riverColumbia riverSkamania countyBlue lakeKlickitat countyLucille aalvicAalvic wahtumPataniks pushtyeTimla wapyktTimla pushtyeUs department of theCommittee on geographic namesArmy corps of engineersWashington state committee on geographic names

Mason County swamp renamed for long-slurred Black pioneer Rodney White

Rodney White Slough will honor a man born into slavery in Missouri who farmed a property near the Tahuya River until his death in 1913.

United statesHood canalTahuya riverGig harborMason countyJosh farley kitsap sunNathaniel sargentKitsap sunCalicia charlesAkuyea karen vargasRodney white sloughDerek kilmerDepartment of natural resourcesWashington state committee on geographic namesNatural resourcesWhite slough

State Changes Names of Areas Derogatory To Indigenous Women

State officials are working to rename features in the state's geography bearing a derogatory term that refers to Indigenous women.

East canyon ridgeUnited statesLittle white salmon riverColumbia riverSkamania countyBlue lakeKlickitat countyAalvic wahtumPataniks pushtyeLucille aalvicTimla wapyktTimla pushtyeCommittee on geographic namesUs department of theArmy corps of engineersWashington state committee on geographic names

State Changes Names of Areas Derogatory To Indigenous Women

State officials are working to rename features in the state's geography bearing a derogatory term that refers to Indigenous women.

East canyon ridgeUnited statesLittle white salmon riverColumbia riverSkamania countyBlue lakeKlickitat countyAalvic wahtumPataniks pushtyeLucille aalvicTimla wapyktTimla pushtyeCommittee on geographic namesUs department of theArmy corps of engineersWashington state committee on geographic names

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