Proposal to nix derogatory term targets US sites, including Idaho

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks at the Cherokee Immersion School Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Tahlequah, Okla. Federal officials have come up with a list of potential replacement names for hundreds of geographic features in three dozen states that include the word "squaw." Haaland in November formally declared the term derogatory and initiated a process to remove the term from use by the federal government and to replace other existing derogatory place names. The list was announced Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Woods,File)