Master Map Reading: Geographic Features, Aerial Views & Map Symbols. Posted: March 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 24, 2025. The film explains how maps utilize symbols and colors to represent ...

The list includes 13 geographic features in New Mexico, other peaks, valleys, canyons, streams and reservoirs, located in Sierra, Socorro, Grant, Chaves, Sandoval, San Juan, Catron and Otero ...

The Department of Interior removed the word “squaw” from the names of nearly 650 geographic features on Thursday, citing the word’s association with being a racist and sexist slur for ...

The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.

SACRAMENTO, California — California officials announced on Friday they will rename all geographic features and places in the state that previously contained the derogatory term “squaw.” The ...

Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term “squaw” from more than 30 geographic features and place names on California lands, according to an announcement Friday by the state ...