Mt. Tahoma. Photo taken at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center.Submitted by Brickmat t3_10odiaq in Washington
blanston t1_j6ermip wrote
Reply to comment by SpunkyRadcat in Mt. Tahoma. Photo taken at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center. by Brickmat
It’s not necessarily the original name but an earlier name. It was likely called many things by various people and tribes over the centuries. Tahoma is just the anglicized name of what one group called it at the time Europeans arrived.
SpunkyRadcat t1_j6eu9ch wrote
You're not technically wrong, but still, it minimizes the fact a bunch of random people showed up said, "This is our land now, we're renaming everything, banning your language and culture, and removing you from your land."
I think it's important to recognize the injustice of it all, and calling it Tahoma is a small nod to that.
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