The Department of Interior is working to make a derogatory Native American slur history by removing it from Utah peaks, lakes and flats.
“It’s disheartening and it’s frustrating that we’re still today, 2022, that we’re still having to see these words,” said Davina Smith, a member of the Diné Nation and tribal coordinator for the National Parks Conservation Association.
The initiative to remove the term is nothing new to the city of Provo. In 2017, a local group tried to rename the peak, and just last year, a state bill passed to make the application process easier to change the names. According to the Department of Interior, there are around fifty landmarks in Utah that use that term and over 600 nationwide.
“Right now, with it being used in a derogatory way to refer to Indians, why not use a positive?" said Mary Murdock Meyer, chief executive of Timpanogos Nation."I think Indian tribes would probably be the best to decide that."
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