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2 Illinois sites get new names, eliminating derogatory term

A suburban Chicago waterway and a western Illinois island have been renamed under a new national policy to remove their previous names’ use of a racist term for a Native ....

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2 Illinois sites get new names, eliminating derogatory term

PALOS PARK, Ill. (AP) A suburban Chicago waterway and a western Illinois island have been renamed under a new national policy to remove their previous names' use of a racist term for a Native American woman. ....

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Cook County waterbody renamed to remove Native American slur

The shallow water body near Palos Park, now Cherry Hill Woods Sloughs, may be off the beaten path, but it represents a nationwide effort to remove derogatory words from place names. ....

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Cook Co. body of water renamed to omit slur, one of 650 across US

A body of water near Palos Park in suburban Cook County has been renamed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to remove a slur for Indigenous women. ....

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Palos Park waterway gets new name, eliminating derogatory term

The water feature near Palos Park in Cook County was formerly called Laughing Squaw Sloughs, but is now known as Cherry Hill Woods Sloughs, while the former Squaw Island in Calhoun County has been renamed Calhoun Island. ....

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