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Squaw Teats

Federal renaming drive bypasses Wyoming board

By CJ Baker Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Acting with unusual speed, the federal government is moving forward with plans to rename some 664 geographic features across the country that contain the word squaw — including a…

Derogatory term will go

By Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Following the Department of Interior’s announcement declaring “squaw” a derogatory term and creating a task force to remove the word from federal place names, Wyoming will likely see some…