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NYC_SKP

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23. Governor Janet Napolitano in 2003:
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 11:24 AM
Oct 2013

Renamed a mountain and freeway.

Cheers for Arizona’s governor and a Hopi warrior

by Tim Giago
The successful effort by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to rename a Phoenix mountain after an American Indian woman killed in Iraq needn’t have turned into a nasty fight.

Gov. Napolitano wanted to honor an Arizona citizen, Pfc. Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi Nation, because she was the first American woman to die in the war.

But to Republican state Rep. John Allen, "I think it sets the tone for what her governorship is going to be like. It's going to be very Clintonesque-style in the sense where you take advantage (of the situation), no matter whose grief it is."

Gov. Napolitano was cheered in Piestewa's hometown of Tuba City, on the Navajo Nation, when she promised to rename Squaw Peak Mountain and Squaw Freeway to Piestewa Mountain and Piestewa Freeway. However, many business owners who use Squaw Peak in their name were peeved.

http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14046/print_view


This is the story that I came across.

I certainly agree with you about the mistreatment of native people and women in particular.

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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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