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Helena, Montana (AP)
A decade-long project to remove the derogatory word “squaw” from the names of 76 streams, buttes and mountains across Montana has been completed.
Most of the name changes are official, although a few are winding their way through the process.
More than 150 people gathered during early March in the Capitol rotunda for the “Old Places, New Names” ceremony.
A decade-long project to remove the derogatory word “squaw” from the names of 76 streams, buttes and mountains across Montana has been completed.
Most of the name changes are official, although a few are winding their way through the process.
More than 150 people gathered during early March in the Capitol rotunda for the “Old Places, New Names” ceremony.
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