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To: Vendome

I’m
All for it
And while you’re at it get rid of stupid white man names for mountains
Like Mt Diablo and go back to the Ohlone names
Kawukum. Tuyshtak. Jaman. Ojompile supemenu
White man corrupt sacred Indian places


3 posted on 07/29/2018 10:55:38 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Truthoverpower

In Minnesota they are already getting rid of the white mans names on stuff. It be rayciss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bde_Maka_Ska


18 posted on 07/29/2018 11:15:27 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Truthoverpower

When I grew up in upstate New York, I loved all the Indian names in NY State. Onondaga, Ticonderoga, Cayuga, Seneca, Canandaigua, Adirondack, Chautauqua, Skaneateles, Taughannock, Poughkeepsie, Ashokan, and many more.

Our Social Studies classes in fifth or sixth grade had a big emphasis on the Iroquois League (later the Iroquois Confederacy and Five Nations) comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca. Combined with all the Dutch names downstate, NYS has some of the best historical place names of any state in the country. Too bad it has such a lousy political environment.

It seems like California is way behind in emphasizing Indian culture.

I met a young Ohlone woman at the Coyote Hills Regional Park a couple months ago on a hike. She works in the interpretive center there. It was quite fascinating hearing her stories of her pure Ohlone grandparents. There aren’t many of them left.


29 posted on 07/29/2018 11:47:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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