California officials say the state is removing a derogatory term for a Native American woman from geographic features and place names. State and local officials are consulting California’s Native American tribes for new names to replace the slur for over 30 locations in 15 counties. The move comes from a 2022 bill signed into law.
FILE - The dome is photographed at the California State Capitol, Aug. 5, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A racist term for a Native American woman will be removed from nearly three dozen geographic features and place names California Gov.
New names have been selected in consultation with California’s Native American tribes for over 30 locations in 15 counties. The California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names will work to implement approved replacement names by Jan. 1. One example is in the city of West Sacramento, where local officials worked with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation to develop two new street names to replace the slur. The name recommended by the Tribal Council of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is “tebti,” which is a word and blessing that translates to streams that flow together.
“With continued consultation, tribes can lead initiatives to eliminate such words from California’s public places,” said Anthony Roberts, tribal chairman.California man to be sentenced for hate crime in the killing of a gay college studentA full list of new California names was not available Friday but will be made public shortly, the natural resources agency told The Associated Press in an email.in 2018, authored the bill.
In 2021, a popular Northern California ski resort changed its name to Palisades Tahoe as part of efforts nationally to address a history of colonialism and oppression against Native Americans and other people of color.
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