Interior secretary seeks to rid US of derogatory place names
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and said she is taking steps to remove it from federal government use and to replace other derogatory place names. Haaland is ordering a federal panel tasked with naming geographic places to implement procedures to eliminate what she called