FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The federal government has come up with new names for hundreds of geographic features that previously had 'squaw' in their names. The US Department of Interior is removing the ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Assembly Bill 2022 was one of several bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to support California Native communities. AB 2022 would ban the word "squaw" from being used ...

FOX CHAPEL, Pa. (KDKA) -- A petition in Fox Chapel is calling for the removal of the word "squaw" from parks and streets. Objections were raised about the word as a derogatory term for Native American ...

DENVER (CBS4) - The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board is asking for public input on more than two dozen Colorado features that are currently named "squaw," a term that was declared derogatory ...

As white settlers made their way west, so did the word “squaw.” Eventually, it took root in nearly 100 California place names, possibly more — Squaw Creek, Squaw Peak, Squaw Hollow, Squaw Flat. For a ...

The federal government has removed a word long used to slur Native American women from use on federal lands including 80 sites in California, U.S. Department of Interior officials announced Thursday.

The legendary California ski resort formerly known as Squaw Valley officially has a new name as of this week: Palisades Tahoe. The name comes from a storied zone on the mountain, a steep, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal effort to change what are described as derogatory names for some places in Washington is causing concern that ...

After over two years of debate, the Fresno County community of Squaw Valley will be renamed. The new name for the census-designated place is Yokuts Valley. The decision was made Thursday morning in a ...

MARION - Named 55 years ago for the creek that runs through it, Squaw Creek Park - as well as the creek - may soon get new names as concern grows that the label is offensive and signals not all are ...