WASHINGTON — Since President Barack Obama decided to rename Mount McKinley, why not also restore the Native American name of Mount Rainier, the iconic Washington state peak named for a British admiral who fought the Americans during the Revolutionary War? That 's what advocates in the long battle to rename Mount Rainier as Mount Tacoma or Tahoma want to know. "It 's a much more compelling argument to rename the mountain here than in Alaska," said Bill Baarsma, former mayor of the city of Tacoma and president of the Tacoma Historical Society. "Why are we continuing to name this mountain after a British admiral that slayed Americans in the Revolutionary War?" Federal officials, though, say there are no plans to rename Mount Rainier and …show more content…
McCloud said the mountain shouldn 't be named after a man who never even set foot on North American soil. "Our people have always lived here and that 's something that isn 't recognized," she said. British explorer George Vancouver named it Mount Rainier in 1792 after a friend and fellow British naval officer who fought sea battles against the Americans. The board of geographic names last took up a proposal to rename Mount Rainier in 2009 and decided "the overwhelming support and the predominate use of the locals was for Mount Rainier," Yost said. "It 's not the board 's mission to restore historical names, it 's to make standard for federal use the name that is used locally by the majority of the people who use the name on a regular basis," Yost said. There is essentially universal support in Alaska for renaming Mount McKinley to Denali, with state officials from both parties and Alaska 's congressional delegation pushing the issue for decades. Almost no one who lived in Alaska used the name Mount McKinley, and anyone who did so in conversation was immediately marked as a tourist. Mount Rainier, on the other hand, is a commonly used name in Washington state — except by those engaged in the long effort to restore the Native
In his essay, “First Wilderness: America’s Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park,” Mark David Spence argues that the creation of Yellowstone National Park is an early illustration of removing native peoples as a way to “preserve” nature. The idea of Yellowstone being a pristine and untouched wilderness, is challenged by Spence as he brings to light the presence of Indigenous peoples and communities who had occupied the land prior to the national park being established. He advocates for a better understanding of Yellowstone National Park’s history, encompassing the dispossession of the Indigenous peoples within the area. Spence explains how the wilderness preservation of Yellowstone ignores and dismisses any connection
The most important thing to remember of meriwether Lewis is his Expedition with Clark where he explored the entire west area of United states. I think it is important to learn about Lewis is his contributions to our country he is the reason our country expands to the
Some thought that Whiteyes died of smallpox but some thought Whiteyes was murdered. The Delaware wampum records and deeds were stolen by Americans. We went to Wapahani (White R.) to be farther away, but they follow everywhere. We made peace and settle limits, and our next Chief was Hakhingpomskan (Hard Walker) who was good and peaceful.
Today W. A. Clark is not a common household name, many citizens of the U.S. having no idea of the legacy that aided
On the other hand, parents in New Zealand named their child "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii. " The result of naming their child that? Not lovely. As the article explains, "A 9-year-old girl was taken away from her parents by the state so that her name could be changed..." (Paragraph 20) How bad does it have to get until parents realize naming their child something idiotic can turn out to be an extreme problem?
When Mckinley became president, he was looking for an excuse to annex the islands. “We need Hawaii, he claimed, just as much and a good deal more than we did
One of the most offensive thing to the Native American is the chop and the war cry fans yell for the team. Many Native Americans feel that this is misusing a war cry with is very sacred to their culture. Also many people feel that the rivalry against the Dallas Cowboy is offensive which the game is usally played on Thanksgiving Day. Many people take this as bringing of the past of the west during times where many Native Americans lost their lives. For many years Washington has had a well-respected NFL team.
So the use of “Redskins” would be switched something else because the word Redskins is a racial word that was used in the olden days. That would be the same situation if a team you the word N***a as their Team name. The thing that both of these words have in common is that they were used to suppress the people that were different to
The most powerful argument to protect the Redskins name is because most Native Americans are proud to be named after the football team in honor of their determination and integrity. An example to support this position is when in a letter to fans, the team’s owner, Don Syder defends his decision to not change the name when he says “it is a symbol of everything we stand for: strength, courage, pride, and respect.” (Crowe, 2013) This example shows that the name is simply showing the eminence of the Natives. Furthermore, another example of the Native Americans pride is when Kim Stronzier, a superintendent of Gonzales school, send an email that says the district is “honored to be known as the ‘might apaches.’”
There are many natural disasters that affect the world, for example, volcanoes. Mount St. Helens is known to be the most active volcano in the Cascade Range in Washington; effecting the people and the state. It was first recognized as a volcano in 1835! Before the eruption on May 18,1980, Mount St. Helens was a beautiful symmetrical cone, 3,000 meters above sea level. For most of the 20th century, many people viewed this mountain and recreation area as a beautiful and peaceful place, but after the volcano erupted in 1980 that view point was shattered.
The Indian mascot was originally designed to render tribute to Native Americans, not as a racial symbol. In the past forty years, changing the name backfired, and citizens began taking offense to the name because they felt like the name represented the color of Native American’s skin. Nevertheless, many fans, including Native Americans, do not consider the name or the mascot to be degrading or racial. Fans of the Washington Redskins participated in a poll that reveals, “77 percent reject changing the name” while in another poll “71 percent of NFL fans did not find the Redskins name offensive” (Lingebach 2). Clearly, from the results of the two polls, many fans would be unhappy if the Redskins’ name were to be changed.
Argue for or against a resolution in Congress to create as national monument for those who moved to the West in the 1850s and 1860s, also known as pioneers. The discovery of gold in the Sacramento area in early 1848 started the Gold Rush, which is one of the most significant events that shaped American history during that time. Thousands of prospective gold miners, mostly men, traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area in search of wealth. Whatever the motivation, the pioneer men and women endured tremendous hardships and sacrificed a great deal to settle in the West Coast. For this reason, I feel that Congress should create a national monument for the pioneers who moved to the West in the 1850s and 1860s.
The objective is to bring attention to the need for better tenement houses and to enforce proper hygiene. Summary/Background Information: Jacob Riis, the third of fifteen children, came into this world in Ribe, Denmark on May 3, 1849. He worked as a carpenter in Copenhagen before he immigrated to the United Sates in 1870. The conditions in the lodging houses were awful, that Riis vowed to get them closed. He did get them closed Reform Movement Career and Contributions: • What Jacob Riis did for the Progressive Era was he wrote books (How the Other Half Lives) (1890), Out of Mulberry Street (1898), The Battle with the Slum (1902), and Children of the Tenement (1903), orchestrated lectures and organized rallies and support for the relief of
“Redskin” is an extremely derogatory term used to describe the reputed color of a Native American 's skin tone. Along with the simply disrespectful terminology, the phrase has a history of being used alongside bounty for the scalping of Native Americans, so it is without a doubt offensive to many people. Washington 's choice to continue using the word as a name for their popular sports team has been the cause of much controversy. Despite the pleas of millions of people, advocacy groups and even government officials to change the name, the sports team remains unchanged. Even the United States Patent and Trademark Office has refused the renewal of their name, logo and likeness, citing the combination as “disparaging to Native Americans" National public opinion polls have found that 60 to 83 percent of the general public supports the teams ' decision to continue using the name, yet only a small majority of fans think the term is offensive to Native
In fact, she even says, “The invention of the this system [of naming] has been a good thing” (7). She merely tries to warn that the dangers of naming things one has no knowledge of or experience with is a destructive practice. It completely erases the object’s history, and is disrespectful to the community who already had a name for the aforementioned object, as it effectively tells them that they never had a relationship with the object in question, and that they do not have a right to it. By structuring her essay non-chronologically and making purposeful word choice, Kincaid effectively demonstrates the inherent destructiveness in