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22. I knew about this issue
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:49 AM
Oct 2013

However, I never knew it had actually been "changed" until one day about 10+ years ago I received a letter from my mother.

In that letter contained the newspaper article about the change of the name from Squaw Valley to what it is now.

My mother was at this time about 75 years old and sent this to me immediately for the woman I mention above, the older of the two sisters was indeed her foster mother.

She was really glad to know the name had been changed needless to say for it was she that witnessed this whole tragic thing at a different time in different places.

As for my late father, it was he who knew the old story of the abduction from the reservation in Oklahoma. Seems he was quite drunk one night with the old codger that did this and he bragged to my father about it and my father was disgusted as well. He was the one that told me about it, not my mother (who I'm sure knew).

It is so very sad the way Indian women have been treated in America -- an absolute disgrace.

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I think that calling anyone, especially a indigeous American, a "squaw" is derogatory randr Sep 2013 #1
I found an interesting discussion about the word at another site. Will add link to OP. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #3
Absolutely no personal experience but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #2
I'm a white person, SheilaT Sep 2013 #4
I think it's a fascinating question. Wouldn't it be particularly sad if... NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #5
Very good thread. Downwinder Sep 2013 #6
I thought about that too! NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7
I have relatives on Kauai. Downwinder Sep 2013 #10
"Hoale" strikes me as either SheilaT Sep 2013 #13
It sparked a killing at a Waikiki McDonald's. Downwinder Sep 2013 #14
Not the best neighborhood, not representative of most of the population, right? NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #17
You are not familiar with the Deedy trial? Downwinder Sep 2013 #18
I wasn't until now. Looks like a very senseless shooting. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #19
an exellent guess Chaco Dundee Sep 2013 #8
Thank you very much for checking in on the question. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #9
I thank you Chaco Dundee Sep 2013 #11
Most likely it had no negative connotation in SheilaT Sep 2013 #12
ojibwe here. unionthug777 Sep 2013 #15
Thanks! NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #16
It is an insult! CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #20
I read about the name change. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #21
I knew about this issue CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #22
Governor Janet Napolitano in 2003: NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #23
I have a friend that is Navajo CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #24
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