Bill to remove offensive word from South Dakota recreation area, butte defeated in legislative committee
Mission Democrat Rep. Shawn Bordeaux brought a measure to House State Affairs in Pierre on Wednesday to remove the word scalp from the names of a creek, butte on lands that historically comprised the Rosebud Sioux reservation. The measure lost 9-2. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
PIERRE, S.D. A bill seeking to replace the word scalp from five sites in a central South Dakota county, including a state park, with a short Lakota phrase meaning four head men has been roundly defeated in a legislative committee.
Bill to remove offensive word from South Dakota recreation area, butte defeated in legislative committee
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Bill to remove offensive word from South Dakota recreation area, butte defeated in legislative committee
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