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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks at the Sabinoso Wilderness in Las Vegas, N.M., July 17, 2021. The U.S. Department of the Interior renamed five places in four states that had featured a racist term for a Native American woman until Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (Felicia A. Salazar/U.S. Department of the Interior via AP, File)

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DOI replaces more Native American derogatory place names
Changes come as part of a yearlong process to change historically offensive names

The U.S. Department of the Interior has renamed five places in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman.

By Trisha Ahmed/Associated Press January 17, 2023