Squaw Valley is no more

[stryker]

Squaw Valley Ditches Its Name, Saying It's Racist And Sexist : NPR

The former Olympic host is now called Palisades Tahoe.

[Nacre]

Personally I don't care much about tokenism and symbolic gestures. But I think we also need to understand that they are important to other people. So even if I don't think it will do anything to materially improve the lives of aboriginal peoples, making a change like renaming a Native-American-themed business or sports team is good because it will make advocates of social change feel they are listened to and appreciated by society. People have emotional needs as well as material needs.

[StefanMUC]

43 minutes ago, Nacre said:

Personally I don't care much about tokenism and symbolic gestures. But I think we also need to understand that they are important to other people. So even if I don't think it will do anything to materially improve the lives of aboriginal peoples, making a change like renaming a Native-American-themed business or sports team is good because it will make advocates of social change feel they are listened to and appreciated by society. People have emotional needs as well as material needs.

Exactly.

Many people only see these things from their own perspective and as they‘re not affected, they don‘t get the problem (but still feel the need to judge those that are affected).

[baron-pierreIV]

But in Olympic history records, it will stay Squaw Valley 1960.  Records moving forward might include an asterisk to denote the new name.  

[Rob2012]

Fair enough, reading the article is seems like this was done properly with lots of consultation. Sounds like a win all round.

Talking more broadly, the idea that ours should be the first generations unable to reshape public spaces is quite offensive. In some cases, like this one, and with Confederate statues, it's of course the right thing to do. And even in less controversial cases, why should everything be preserved in aspic as it was in 1950 or whatever? As long as things are done in the right way, nothing should be off limits imo.

This bit did make me laugh though...

Other place names in the Sierra Nevada and beyond are also being scrutinized — including Lake Tahoe itself. The name comes from a mispronunciation of the Washoe word for lake — "da ow" — so it essentially means, Lake Lake. "In our communities, we don't often talk about it as derogatory or anything like that, we more just laugh at the kind of nonsense that it creates when combining two languages," Herman Fillmore, the culture/language resources director for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, told Capital Public Radio.

"Nonsense that it creates when combining two languages"?! Like there aren't countless examples of tautological place names everywhere in the world. I actually quite like these kind of names, and the history they reflect...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names

[Australian Kiwi]

Interesting decision - Australian/NZ cities are similarly embracing their indigenous names. 

Sydney = Warrang. 

Melbourne = Naarm.

Brisbane = Meanjin.

Auckland = Tāmaki Makaurau.

[Australian Kiwi]

^ It would not at all surprise me if 'Meanjin' has a presence in 2032.

Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies will also occur - and possible selective use of the Turrbal language. We still have a long way to go but Australia has changed a bit since 2000.