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[Legion]

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today formally established a process to review and replace derogatory names of the nation’s geographic features. She also declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term and ordered the Board on Geographic Names – the federal body tasked with naming geographic places – to implement procedures to remove the term from federal usage.

"Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands. 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,” said Secretary Haaland. “Today’s actions will accelerate an important process to reconcile derogatory place names and mark a significant step in honoring the ancestors who have stewarded our lands since time immemorial.”

Secretarial Order 3404 formally identifies the term “squaw” as derogatory and creates a federal task force to find replacement names for geographic features on federal lands bearing the term. The term has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial, and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women. There are currently more than 650 federal land units that contain the term, according to a database maintained by the Board on Geographic Names.

The newly created Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force will include representatives from federal land management agencies, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion experts from the Department. The Order requires that the task force engage in Tribal consultation and consider public feedback on proposed name changes.

Additionally, Secretarial Order 3405 creates a Federal Advisory Committee to broadly solicit, review, and recommend changes to other derogatory geographic and federal land unit names. The Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names will include representation from Indian Tribes, Tribal and Native Hawaiian organizations, civil rights, anthropology, and history experts, and members of the general public. It will establish a process to solicit and assist with proposals to the Secretary to change derogatory names, and will include engagement with Tribes, state and local governments, and the public.

Together, the Secretarial Orders will accelerate the process by which derogatory names are identified and replaced. Currently, the Board on Geographic Names is structured, by design, to act on a case-by-case basis through a process that puts the onus on the proponents to identify the offensive name and to suggest a replacement. The process to secure review and approvals can be lengthy, often taking years to complete a name change. Currently, there are hundreds of name changes pending before the Board. The newly established Federal Advisory Committee will facilitate a proactive and systematic development and review of these proposals, in consultation with local community representatives.

The Board on Geographic Names – originally established by Executive Order in 1890 – is a federal body designed to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the federal government. It is comprised of representatives from federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands. In 1947, the Secretary of the Interior was given joint authority with the Board on Geographic Names and has final approval or review of its actions.

Derogatory names have previously been identified by the Secretary of the Interior or the Board on Geographic Names and have been comprehensively replaced. In 1962, Secretary Stewart Udall identified the N-word as derogatory, and directed that the BGN develop a policy to eliminate its use. In 1974, the Board on Geographic Names identified a pejorative term for “Japanese” as derogatory and eliminated its use.

Several states have passed legislation prohibiting the use of the word “squaw” in place names, including Montana, Oregon, Maine, and Minnesota. There is also legislation pending in both chambers of Congress to address derogatory names on geographic features on public land units.


https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-takes-action-remove-derogatory-names-federal-lands

[Legion]

IS HE GROPING THAT TURKEY?

Woke Academics ask whether Americans should 'reconsider' holiday as 'Day of Mourning'.

"Starting in 1970, many Americans, led by Indigenous protesters, believed that Thanksgiving should be rededicated as a National Day of Mourning to reflect the centuries-long displacement and persecution of Native Americans. The recent shift from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day reflects a changing national mood," the event description states. "Should Americans reconsider Thanksgiving when wrestling with our country’s complicated past?"

https://www.foxnews.com/us/american-universities-participate-in-event-reevaluating-thanksgiving

[Legion]

A "problematic" statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History in Blue York Shitty that has been criticized for "symbolizing colonialism and racism" has found a new home, more than a year after the DEMOCRAT-dominated shitty city announced it will be removed.

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library said Friday it has agreed to take the statue of the former president. The agreement will let the library, which is slated to open in 2026 in Medora, North Dakota, relocate the statue for storage.

The library said it plans to establish an advisory council, made up of indigenous tribal and Black communities, historians, scholars and artists, "to guide the re-contextualization of the statue."

DEMOCRAT Mayor de Blasio announced that the statue "explicitly depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior."

Members of the Blue York Shitty Council also unanimously voted to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from council chambers, owing to "his history as a slaveholder".



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/problematic-roosevelt-statue-at-american-museum-of-natural-history-finds-new-home/

[Matt Dillon]

Very hypocritical of Legion to post this.

[The Anonymous]

Very hypocritical of Legion to post this.

Think so?

[Matt Dillon]

Think so?

No, I KNOW so, bitchboy!

[The Anonymous]

No, I KNOW so, bitchboy!

So you say.

[Lionfish]

I loved the racist rock removal.

and then of course there are the "racist trees".

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