{"id":19653,"date":"2022-01-07T12:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=19653"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:15:46","slug":"nominations-open-for-new-advisory-committee-on-reconciliation-in-place-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/01\/07\/nominations-open-for-new-advisory-committee-on-reconciliation-in-place-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations open for new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Deb<\/a>
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Photo: U.S. Department of the Interior<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Nominations open for new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names<\/div>\r\n
Friday, January 7, 2022<\/div>\r\n
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<\/P>\r\nThe Department of the Interior<\/a> is soliciting nominations for the new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe committee will review and replace racist and derogatory place names<\/a> throughout the nation. Secretary Deb Haaland<\/a>, who is the first Native person in a presidential cabinet, announced the creation of the advisory panel last November.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cToo many of our nation\u2019s lands and waters continue to perpetuate a legacy of oppression. This important advisory committee will be integral to our efforts to identify places with derogatory terms whose expiration dates are long overdue,\u201d Haaland said in a news release<\/a> on Friday. \u201cI look forward to broad engagement from Tribes, civil rights scholars and academics, stakeholders, and the general public as we advance our goals of equity and inclusion.\u201d\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAccording to a notice being published in the Federal Register<\/a> on Monday, the committee will consist of no more than 17 members. Six slots are reserved for tribal and Native representatives.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThe establishment of this committee is a momentous step in making our nation\u2019s public lands and waters more welcoming and open to people of all backgrounds,\u201d said National Park Service<\/a> Director Chuck Sams, who is the first Native person to lead the agency<\/a>. \u201cThese committee members, who will reflect the diversity of America, will serve their country in an important way.\u201d\r\n

<\/p>\r\nNominations must be submitted to Joshua Winchell, in the Office of Policy at the National Park Service, via joshua_winchell@nps.gov. They are due within 45 days of publication of the notice on Monday.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nIn addition to creating the committee, Haaland established the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force of government employees within Interior. The group is working with the Board on Geographic Names<\/a> to remove \u201csquaw\u201d from place names across the country.\r\n

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Federal Register Notice<\/div>\r\n
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2022-00224<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAdvisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names Establishment; Request for Nominations<\/a> (To Be Published January 10, 2022)\r\n

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