Title: “Sq___” Names in Colorado with USGS Proposed Replacements

URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nxueORecHe6C8loP-XD4qo6B-SMhi17viyLJbZrNxEg/edit#gid=100597921

Collection: Western History

Description: In 2020, Colorado Governor Polis established a Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board (CGNAB) to examine proposals concerning name changes, new names, and name controversies of geographic features and certain public places in the State of Colorado. The Board cooperated with the United States Board of Geographic Names (BGN), who gives final determinations for standardizing the names of geographic and natural features. Between 2020 and April 2022, the CCGNAB (CGNAB) sought public input for replacing the names of geographic locations with the term “Squaw” in their current title. This document is a summary of geographic names under consideration, physical location of each place, and several proposed replacement names for each.

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Subject:   Society & Culture,  Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board,  Reparative description ,  United States Board on Geographic Names.,  Names, Geographical -- United States.,  United States Geographical Survey