{"id":6109,"date":"2020-12-22T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:34:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:34:14","slug":"native-sun-news-today-city-changes-name-of-soo-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/22\/native-sun-news-today-city-changes-name-of-soo-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: City changes name of &#8216;Soo&#8217; road"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"6112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/22\/native-sun-news-today-city-changes-name-of-soo-road\/soosandrive\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/22\/soosandrive.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"soosandrive\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/22\/soosandrive-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/22\/soosandrive.jpg\" alt=\"soosandrive\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6112\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Soo San Drive in Rapid City, South Dakota,   has been renamed to Sioux San Drive. Photo by <a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/soo-san-drive-renamed\/>Native Sun News Today<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Soo San Drive renamed <\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Councilman Bill Evans dissents<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, December 22, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Travis Dewes<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">Native Sun News Today Staff Writer <\/div>\r\n<div class=source-website><a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRAPID CITY, South Dakota &#8212; Soo San Drive, a road in West Rapid City which was previously associated with the Rapid City Indian Boarding School, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcgov.org\/agenda-items\/planning-commission-agenda-items\/2020-pl-agenda-items\/20rd001-resolution-of-road-name-change-to-change-soo-san-drive-to-sioux-san-drive-8740.html\">renamed to Sioux San Drive<\/a> by the Rapid City Council in a 9-1 vote. The <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/9qoehZGm1nk?t=10648>issue was met with little discussion<\/a> and the only dissenting vote was from Councilman Bill Evans. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn a comment submitted to the Rapid City Council before the session, Councilman Ritchie Nordstrom provided a synopsis of the history of Soo San Drive and claimed that the original legal name for the road was Sioux Sanatorium Drive. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIn the official land deeds from the United States government gifting the lands to various recipients, the road is always called \u201cSioux Sanatorium Drive\u201d in the official legal description,\u201d his comments read.\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\n \u201cA review of the original documents would lead one to believe that \u201cSioux Sanatorium Drive\u201d was the official name of the road, and \u2018Soo San\u2019 was a short hand used by the plat map makers that became adopted by the City over time,\u201d he said. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCouncilman Evans provided the only verbal comments about the resolution during the meeting. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cFor me, to actually rename something from one name into another that is derogatory doesn\u2019t necessarily make any sense,\u201d Evans said while reference the term \u201cSioux\u201d which is a derivation of an Ojibwe term meaning \u201clittle snakes.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"card mb-3\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">\r\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/12\/nativesunnewstoday.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native sun news today\"\/>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div 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