Editor’s note: This story contains offensive language that may be upsetting to readers. For decades, the Washoe Tribe has advocated for the removal of a racist, derogatory slur from geographical landmarks and business names in their ancestral lands in…
The view from Washeshu Peak, near Lake Tahoe. This peak and a nearby valley and creek were recently renamed as part of a nationwide effort to remove a racist slur from geographical landmarks. The Washoe Tribe chose the new name, Washeshu, which means"the people."Editor’s note: This story contains offensive language that may be upsetting to readers.
The renaming comes as a result of a nationwide order from the Department of the Interior to replace nearly 650 place names that contained the racist and sexist epithet, fulfilling an order given last year by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Haaland is the first Indigenous person to helm the Department of the Interior. The order declared “squaw” a derogatory term and created a federal task force to oversee the process.
The renaming of Washeshu Peak and Washeshu Creek was included in Haaland’s secretarial order. However, the effort to remove the racist slur from this serene alpine valley just north of Lake Tahoe began long ago.The history of how the slur became affiliated with this land traces back to a newspaper story published in the 1850s.
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