FROM THE ARCHIVE
'Squaw' bill to go before state Senate
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FEBRUARY 9, 2001

The Idaho Senate will consider a bill to eliminate all "squaw" place names now that the State Affairs Committee has unanimously approved it.

Tribes and Native Americans in the state have testified in support of removing the names, saying they are offensive.

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