An Inclusive Litany

8/2/96

USA Today, August 2, 1996:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials say Lake and Koochiching counties missed the Wednesday state-imposed deadline for removing the word "squaw" from names of geographic features. Lake County proposed renaming Squaw Creek and Squaw Bay to "Politically Correct Creek" and "Politically Correct Bay." State officials said no.
[Ed.: The controversy erupted after two high school students determined that the word "squaw" comes from the Ojibwa word for "vagina."]