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  • Little Shell: Remove 'halfbreed' from place names

    LISA BAUMANN - Associated Press|Updated Jul 31, 2014
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    HELENA — The time has come to remove the words "halfbreed" and "breed" from the names of creeks, lakes and other places around Montana, according to leaders of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Nicholas Vrooman, who works with the tribe, presented a bill draft to that effect during a recent meeting with the State-Tribal Relations Legislative Committee. The words are racist terms that demean American Indians, he said. "Using the terms is a way to really denigrate people; place them on lower rung of society," said V...