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Formally declaring "squaw" to be a derogatory term, US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday ordered a task force to find replacement names for valleys, lakes, creeks and other sites on federal lands, which use the word.
Taking effect immediately, the order stands to affect more than 650 names of places that use the term, as per figures from the US Board on Geographic Names. ....
"Our nation s lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage — not to perpetuate the legacies of oppression," Haaland said in a statement. ....