Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: choosing a community name

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Aug 8, 2021, at 8:26 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Minneapolis has recently had a significant name change of a major
> lake. "Lake Calhoun" was named after a slaveowner and pro-slavery US
> Sec of State. It was renamed in 2015-2018 (by various authorities) to
> "Bde Maka Ska" which is Lakota/Dakota meaning Lake White Earth.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bde_Maka_Ska#Naming

Name changes also demarc generations. The airport in Washington DC will always 
be National for those who alive when it was changed to Reagan National.

Sharon
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