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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Withdrawn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
Local Usage
None found
Published
Squaw Creek (USGS 1978, 1988, 1992; Sanders County map, 1958)
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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