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  • Federal government renames Minnesota lake to Manidoons Zaaga'igan Zhaawanor

    09/10/2022 10:49:21 AM PDT · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 82 replies
    WCCO.com ^ | 9/9/22 | WCCO STAFF
    MINNEAPOLIS -- The federal government recently renamed hundreds of lakes, streams, summits and other places to remove an offensive term for Indigenous women. The new name for the lake formerly known as Squaw Lake, which is located in Pine County, is Manidoons Zaaga'igan Zhaawanor. It's one of the nearly 650 changes that have been made by the government in order to avoid the use of the slur. Among the states with the most instances include California, which had 80 name changes, and Arizona, which had 66. Wisconsin had 28 instances of names being changed, the closest of which is the...