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Letters

Native American and proud to live on Squaw Mountain Road

By Gladys Fast Horse

, Aug 25, 2010

I’m responding to the letter dated Aug. 18, 2010, “Government continues practice of wasteful spending,” about the name change of Squaw Mountain Road, which will eventually be renamed Tumala Mountain Road.

I’m a full-blooded Native American Sioux woman, who lives on Squaw Mountain Road, and I agree with John Walper. As a Native American woman, I always knew what the word “squaw” meant as a kid - a American Indian woman or wife — and the word never offended me.

When different federally-recognized tribes from around the United States come to visit me, they like the name “Squaw Mountain”; they think the name brings character to Estacada, and they feel comfortable visiting this town. It’s all part of history.

Gladys Fast Horse

Estacada