(CNN) Yellowstone National Park has renamed one of its mountains to honor Native Americans instead of the US Army captain who massacred them. Once named after Gustavus Doane, Mount Doane has been renamed First Peoples Mountain, the National Park Service (NPS) announced on Thursday. The 10,551-foot peak stands east of Yellowstone Lake in the country's first national park. "Doane wrote fondly about this attack and bragged about it for the rest of his life," NPS said in a news release. Blackfeet Tribal member Tom Rodgers told CNN the Indigenous community has long "petitioned our government to do what is right and what is moral."

Source: CNN June 14, 2022 06:51 UTC