The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.
I remember when Minneapolis/Hennepin County/Minnesota… whoever it was…decided to change the name of Lake Calhoun back to Bde Maka Ska and laughing at angry white people after I pointed out that Calhoun was an asshole, and just watching them look at each other like idiots.
(among other things, Calhoun was a proponent of slavery, and was very much a racist shitbag. Including towards native Americans.)
I remember when Minneapolis/Hennepin County/Minnesota… whoever it was…decided to change the name of Lake Calhoun back to Bde Maka Ska and laughing at angry white people after I pointed out that Calhoun was an asshole, and just watching them look at each other like idiots.
(among other things, Calhoun was a proponent of slavery, and was very much a racist shitbag. Including towards native Americans.)