Montana Geographic Names Advisor
Geographic Name Change Request
Change Squaw Creek to Cheawalk Creek
Sanders County, Montana
Status =
Withdrawn
| Description |
stream,
10.4 km (6.5 mi) long,
heads in Lolo National Forest, 1.6 km (1 mi) W of Round Top Mountain at 47°38’45”N, 115°17’03”W, flows NW then W to enter Clark Fork 11 km (7 mi) SE of White Pine; “Cheawalk” is the Coeur d’Alene word for “to peel bark off a tree” |
| Location |
47°39’23”N, 115°23’52”W |
| PLSS Location |
T22N, Rgs30&29W |
| Proposal |
to change a name considered to be derogatory |
| Proponent |
Chief J. Allen; Plummer, ID |
| Not |
Squaw Creek |
| Administrative area |
Lolo National Forest |
| Previous BGN Action |
None |
| See also |
39622 |
| GNIS ID |
791378
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| Local Usage |
None found
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| Published |
Squaw Creek (USGS 1978, 1988, 1992; Sanders County map, 1958)
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roposal is one of thirteen submitted by the Chairman of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. The features all lie within the Tribe’s aboriginal territory, but this is the only one in the State of Montana. The Tribe believes the current name, Squaw Creek, is derogatory and should be changed. The new name, Cheawalk Creek, would recognize the Coeur d’Alene word that means “to peel bark off a tree.”
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| Domestic Names Committee Discussion -
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