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Palisades Tahoe is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Olympic Valley, California, northwest of Tahoe City in the Sierra Nevada range. From its founding in 1949, the resort was known as Squaw Valley, but it changed its name in 2021 due to the derogatory connotations of the word "squaw".
New names will replace the word squaw, effective immediately, at nearly 650 geographic features across the country including Washeshu Creek, formerly known as Squaw Creek, and Olympic Valley, long ...
The town of 3,600 residents is a 300-mile drive from the historic ski resort near Lake Tahoe that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and was once known as Squaw Valley.
By 1873, non-native hunters adapted the name in English to "Squaw Valley", because "squaw" was the term used by white settlers for Indigenous women; it is considered a slur by natives. [10] [11] [12] The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) officially assigned the name "Squaw Valley" to the community in 1957 and to the basin in 1959. [12]
Squaw Valley Ski Holdings seeks to connect the two resorts with a “Base-to-Base” gondola. [16] [17] [18] It has been discussed in the media that the new company will seek to eventually combine the two resorts into one mega-resort through an agreement with a local property owner, Troy Caldwell, who owns the land connecting Alpine Meadows and ...
In 2020, Squaw Valley Academy changed its name to Lake Tahoe Preparatory School. Palisades Tahoe was the new name of Squaw Valley Ski Resort as of September 13, 2021. [48] The decision was announced after consulting with the local Washoe Tribe and extensive research into the etymology and history of the term squaw. [49]
People can continue to propose name changes for any feature, including those announced this week. ‘Squaw’ removed from place names. What changed – and what didn’t – in Fresno area