Squaw Humper Dam

Squaw Humper Dam is a dam on Squaw-Humper Creek in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, in the United States.[1]

The name has generated a degree of controversy for containing the term squaw, which is often held to be pejorative.[2] The Sioux tribe has proposed changing the name to Tahc'a Okute Mni Onaktake, although there are concerns that the proposed name would be difficult for the general public to pronounce.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Squaw Humper Dam
  2. ↑ Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
  3. ↑ Gillam, Carey (29 April 2013). "South Dakota tries to change "Negro" and "squaw" place-names". Reuters. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

Coordinates: 43°29′12″N 102°56′32″W / 43.486653°N 102.942132°W / 43.486653; -102.942132


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