U.S. Renames Recreation Area
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Federal officials have scrapped the name “squaw” from the 6,700-acre outdoor recreation spot above Millerton Lake at the request of American Indian tribes.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management renamed Squaw Leap Management Area the San Joaquin River Gorge last month.
Native Americans for decades have considered the name an insult.
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