Tribal leaders in Wisconsin say it’s about time the word squaw is taken off the map across the state.
Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens, vice chairman of the Oneida Nation, said he is happy to see the Interior Department move to change the name for 28 different streams, lakes, or natural features in Wisconsin that all have squaw in their names. Yellowbird-Stevens says it should not have taken this long to rename things that he says disrespect native women.
The Interior Department is moving to rename every geographic feature in the country using the word squaw.
