Los Angeles Times

Native groups say Yokuts Valley’s former name is a slur. Fresno County wants to change it back

This town nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills is known as the Yokuts Valley in the eyes of the federal government, California Legislature and some residents. But in Fresno County it had been called ...
Yahoo

California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won't let go

Roman Rain Tree is among the activists who have fought to change the names of communities and geographic features in Fresno County that incorporate a term considered a slur against Native American ...
The Fresno Bee

Controversy over this Fresno community’s name change is ‘getting worse.’ Here’s why

Two examples of vandalism to the Yokuts Valley city limit sign share with The Bee on Oct. 19 and Oct. 28. Submitted to The Bee A Yokuts Valley highway sign that has been the subject of controversy was ...
LAist

Tachi Yokut Tribe reconnects with Tulare Lake, restored after a wet winter

Earlier this year, record snowpack and rains refreshed a long-dry lake in the Central Valley of California. The return of the vast Tulare Lake caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farms ...
Los Angeles Times

California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won’t let go

For years, Native American residents in Fresno County have campaigned to remove the word “squaw” from the name of an unincorporated town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The word, many Native ...