I guess "squaw work" is out of the question

Deseret News:

While states across the nation move to sweep the word "squaw" — a term deemed derogatory by many American Indians — from state and federal maps, Utah has yet to broach the subject.

In 2008 alone, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has renamed 22 geographic features to eliminate the word "squaw" from locations throughout Arizona, Maine, Montana, South Dakota and Washington. The board's actions effectively approve revision of federal maps and documents to reflect the areas' new names.

The term squaw is considered highly offensive by many American Indians.

"That's an insult," said Ed Naranjo, vice chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation at Ibapah, of the word. "It's like cussing someone out or calling them a name."

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But while squaw is being edited out of names of geographic sites across the nation, there have been no formal proposals submitted to rename any of Utah's approximately 40 features that have the word in their official names, including Squaw Peak — Utah's most prominent listing, located on the south side of Provo Canyon.

Members of the Utah Committee on Geographic Names — a state organization that reviews and recommends name changes to the federal board — have heard people express a desire to brush the word squaw off the maps, executive secretary Susan Whetstone said, but no formal proposals have been submitted yet.

"It's kind of a two-sided coin," Whetstone said of the word. "Some tribes don't necessarily regard it as derogatory."

Some linguists say squaw is a corruption of a Algonquian word that merely means woman. But a competing claim asserts that squaw actually comes from the Mohawk word "ojiskwa" — a derogatory term referring to female genitalia.

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I have a good friend who refers to house work as "squaw work." I think some squaws may be offended. I have always assumed it to have the meaning of the Algonquian word for woman. It appears that many American Indians have gone from brave and strong to sensitive.

With this sensitive naming, what will become of the Grand Teton mountains, not to mention Baton Rouge.