11mo ago

North Dakota state park will no longer be named for Civil War general who fought Native Americans

North Dakota state park will no longer be named for Civil War general who fought Native Americans - The Turtle Island News

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How about we just stop naming public things after people altogether? Seems like every few years we just have to rename stuff because of some scandal.
- They actually did that with birds!
  https://americanornithology.org/american-ornithological-society-will-change-the-english-names-of-bird-species-named-after-people/
- Agreed. And we need to remove people from paper money & coins. I also hate name duplications like, Salem OR, Salem MA. And places like Kansas City KS/MO are annoying as well. We need some changes.
Notice how the headline tiptoes around the fact that the general in question was one of the Good Guys.
Fun Fact: a lot of the boarding schools that were made to eradicate native cultures were also named after the officers that conquered their tribes, like the Sherman Institute.
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