Yellowstone Mountain Renamed To 'Honor Victims' Of 1870 Montana Massacre - News Summed Up

Yellowstone Mountain Renamed To 'Honor Victims' Of 1870 Montana Massacre


Stevenson (back right) as seen from Avalanche Peak in Yellowstone National Park. Jacob W. Frank via National Park ServiceYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A government panel has renamed a Yellowstone National Park mountain that had been named for a U.S. Army officer who helped lead a massacre of Native Americans. Besides being a leader of the massacre, Doane was a key member of a Yellowstone expedition the same year. Yellowstone officials consulted with 27 tribes on the name change, according to the statement.


Source: Huffington Post June 13, 2022 15:28 UTC



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