FRESNO, Calif. — Attention to the way Native Americans are portrayed has grown in the Fresno area in recent months after the removal of a high school mascot, followed by a community effort to rename a ...
Roman C. Rain Tree, a member of the Dunlap Band of Mono Indians, has said Fresno County leaders have ignored his proposal to rename Squaw Valley. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) As white settlers ...
As white settlers made their way west, so did the word “squaw.” Eventually, it took root in nearly 100 California place names, possibly more — Squaw Creek, Squaw Peak, Squaw Hollow, Squaw Flat. For a ...