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    Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moves to ban the word 'squaw' from federal lands

    "Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands," Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said as she formally declared "squaw" to be a derogatory term.
    by Bill Chappell Nov 19, 2021 1 minute
    "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,"<strong> </strong>Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said as she ordered the word "squaw" to be removed from federal place names.

    Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally declared "squaw" to be a derogatory term Friday and ordered a task force to find replacement names for valleys, lakes, creeks and other sites on federal lands that use

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