A Lake Tahoe-area ski resort will be renamed Palisades Tahoe. hugomartin with the full story:
The historic Squaw Valley ski resort near Lake Tahoe will be renamed Palisades Tahoe after its owners determined that the term “squaw” was offensive to Indigenous woman.
Elsewhere in Northern California, the state has proposed changing the name of Patrick’s Point State Park in Humboldt County to Sue-meg State Park, drawing on the original name given to the area by the Yurok people. The current name is in reference to Patrick Beegan, a homesteader who was accused of murdering Native Americans in the 1850s. The Yurok tribe requested the name change, according to the state.
The research concluded that the word “squaw” is considered a racist and sexist slur against Indigenous women, according to the resort.
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