Slow Enough ✓ · @slowenough
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Names have power.

The part of Oregon state I live in right now has been called Lane County, after a guy Joseph Lane whose pro-slavery views didn't even represent local values at the time.

What if we changed the name to honor the peoples who long lived and loved this land? Their descendants are asking, which puts this question to all of us who live here now. archaeologychannel.org/events-

#nahm #indigenous #ndn #oregon #LaneCounty #kalapuyacounty #eugene

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