Dept of the Interior scrubs the word ‘squaw’ from 600 sites, and it may be just the beginning
September 9, 2022 | Frank Webster
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Thursday it has now removed the word “squaw” from the names of more than 600 federally designated lands.
The process began in November of 2021 after the agency declared it to be offensive to some Native Americans. They say that “squaw” has “historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women.”
“I feel a deep obligation to use my platform to ensure that our public lands and waters are accessible and welcoming,” said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who is a member of New Mexico’s Laguna Pueblo tribe and the first Native American to head up a cabinet agency in the federal government. She believes the initiative is “charting a path for an inclusive America.” ...
The reasoning behind the changes appears to stem from the white man’s usage of it in depicting Native American women as objects of desire following the American Frontier Wars and western settlement. Like most things the far-left eventually get their grubby little hands on, the word hasn’t been a problem for hundreds of years.
For official communications, the federal government has gone so far as to write the word sq__ instead of spelling it out or surrounding it with quotes. The word appears in Algonquian languages of northeastern North America and literally means, “woman,” but much like the Land O’ Lakes girl and Aunt Jemima, this too must be erased from American history. ...
Full storyI just assumed it was a native term for woman - and I was right! Had no idea it had anything to do with lusty cowboys. Considering the bawdy lyrics for the English WWI song, "Mademoiselle from Armentières," I think it's offensive to keep using the word mademoiselle because it depicts French woman as objects of desire. It must be banned immediately.
