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Indian women protest 'squaw'
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MARCH 12, 2001 A group of American Indian women in Idaho on Friday protested the state's continued use of the word "squaw" in public place names in light of a recent vote in the Legislature that killed a proposal to rename them. The women decried the use of "squaw" as sexist and offensive. They made the case at the state capitol and got a response out of Governor Dick Kempthorne and said its possible a future Legislature could consider the bill again. Get the Story:
Indian women come calling -- for respect (The Spokesman Review 3/10)
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