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5 Places That Used Slur for Native American Women Are Renamed

5 Places That Used Slur for Native American Women Are Renamed
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland delivers remarks at the 2021 Tribal Nations Summit, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Chase Smith
Chase Smith
1/16/2023|Updated: 1/16/2023
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Five unincorporated populated areas in the United States that used the word “squaw,” which is considered a derogatory term toward Native American women, have had their names changed.

Renaming the sites—located in California, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas—completes a years-long process to remove the word from geographic sites across the country.

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