“Today’s actions will accelerate an important process to reconcile derogatory place names and mark a significant step in honoring the ancestors who have stewarded our lands since time immemorial.”Ĭongress is considering the Reconciliation in Place Names Act, which would create an advisory board to liaise with tribal and cultural groups in a national renaming effort. Our nation’s lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage - not to perpetuate the legacies of oppression,” Secretary Haaland said in a Friday news release. “Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands.
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