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A Tahoe Ski Resort Ditches Its Name, Saying It's Racist And Sexist

Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says.
The Squaw Valley ski resort is changing its name to Palisades Tahoe, saying that the word "squaw" is derogatory and misogynistic.

The famed Squaw Valley ski resort near Lake Tahoe is changing its name, after a long debate and input from Native American tribes. The leadership of the resort, which will now be known as Palisades Tahoe, says "the old name was derogatory and offensive."

The California resort made the decision to change

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