Information Sources Used to Prepare the
Squaw Peak Name Change Proposal
By Tom Jonas, June 2003
Adams, Cecil, 2000 Is "squaw" an obscene insult? http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000317.html
Barnes, Will C., Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press, 1988, Entry: Squaw Peak, Maricopa County, p. 421
Bright, William. n.d..
The Sociolinguistics of the 'S- Word': 'Squaw' in American Placenames. http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:GShMQB2hbbgC:www.ncidc.org/bright/Squaw_revised.docBruchac, Marge, n.d. Reclaiming the Word ‘Squaw’ in the Name of the Ancestors www.enia.net/users/dpanther/page10.html
Goddard, Ives. 1996. The English Word ‘Squaw.’ Report to the Arizona Board on Geographic and Historic Names.
Goddard, Ives. 1997. ‘Since the Word Squaw Continues to be of Interest.’ News from Indian Country, Mid-April, p. 19A.
Granger, Byrd H., 1983 Arizona Names: X Marks The Place
Harjo, Suzan. 1992. Statement on Oprah Winfrey TV show, ‘Racism in 1992: Native Americans.’ Quoted in Adams, 2000.
Hoff, Julie, 1998, Report to the Arizona Board on Geographic and Historic Names, relative to proposed name ‘Iron Mountain’
KFYI Previous Polls www.kfyi.com/previous-polls.html Results: 93 % opposed
KTAR Opinion Poll, 2003, personal Email message from webmaster (
webmaster@ktar.com) Results: 87 % opposedPublic opinion correspondence received by Arizona Names Board. Results: 79 % opposed
Milton H. Erickson Foundation Squaw Peak: A Medley of Perspectives Accounts of the construction and dedication of a memorial the Dr. Erickson on the Squaw Peak Summit Trail in 1999. http://www.erickson-foundation.org/news/Squaw%20Peak/stories.htm
Sanders, Thomas E., & Walter W. Peck. 1973 (eds.) Literature of the American Indian. Berkeley: Glencoe.
Turney, Omar A., 1903 GLO Survey Field Notes and Plat for T2N, R3E, Gila & Salt River Base and Meridian, Territory of Arizona.
United States Geological Survey, 1:24000 (7.5’) Topographic Map Sunnyslope, Ariz., 1965, Photorevised 1982
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