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.doc

Bruchac, 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.comResults: 87 % opposed

Public 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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