4 great lakes are native names, and idk how many states, at least half I would hazard. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, I think Montana, idk Idaho, Wyoming maybe, Mississippi, Missouri, and so forth. I think not sure on all of these.
Yes this. Trump was happy to rename Ontario, the name the lake has held for centuries, even before Europeans arrived. There is a reason Canadas First Nations are deeply pro crown, republican Quebec or Alberta would follow America in replacing all things indigenous with their white alternatives.
Right. That’s the issue. Many quebec Cree and Innu nations fear what will happen to their languages under a Quebec Republic. This isnt just me talking .
https://maisonneuve.org/article/divisive-language
I am open to an honest conversation about this if you are open to more than swearing. Its a legitmate issue to many.
That’s an easy one - racism. “Erie” is a Native American/First Nations name. “Pennsylvania” is “Penn’s Woods”, honoring a white European colonizer.
4 great lakes are native names, and idk how many states, at least half I would hazard. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, I think Montana, idk Idaho, Wyoming maybe, Mississippi, Missouri, and so forth. I think not sure on all of these.
“Idaho” was likely made up to sound native. https://web.archive.org/web/20091028131844/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565515/Idaho.html
I fail to see how renaming Pennsylvania to Erie is racism regardless of the etymology of both names.
I think he means that because it’s a first Nations name they wouldn’t do it.
Yes this. Trump was happy to rename Ontario, the name the lake has held for centuries, even before Europeans arrived. There is a reason Canadas First Nations are deeply pro crown, republican Quebec or Alberta would follow America in replacing all things indigenous with their white alternatives.
Oh fuck off. If anyone knows the value of preserving a language is Quebec.
Right. That’s the issue. Many quebec Cree and Innu nations fear what will happen to their languages under a Quebec Republic. This isnt just me talking . https://maisonneuve.org/article/divisive-language
I am open to an honest conversation about this if you are open to more than swearing. Its a legitmate issue to many.