It will be interesting to see what happens. I also thought the word Squaw simply meant Woman, like the Hawaiian word Wahine, but not knowing the more delicate meaning of Squaw previously, I can now see why it would be deemed derogatory. I

'm sure most people aren't aware of the meanings of many of the indigenous words we use every day from the cultures previously inhabiting the land we are now occupying. I'm glad more effort is being put into this education, even though it's awfully late in the history of the area to just now be thinking about what the words mean.

Having grown up in Olympia, admiring the beautiful site of Mt. Ranier every day that wasn't too overcast, I love seeing this article and hope to see some inspired names come from the renaming process for that lake....and other landmarks.

I grew up hearing about squaw peak in southern AZ -- never knowing the roots of the word.
Now it's called Piestewa Peak honoring a Hopi woman who gave her life in the army in Iraq -- definitely a better choice.

BTW... I was pleased to see my Kindle tag 'squaw' as a misspelled word just now. Small steps I guess.