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FILE - Shown is the base village at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, Calif, on Dec. 16, 2011. U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, declared &quot;squaw&quot; to be a derogatory term and said she is taking steps to remove the term from federal government use and to replace other derogatory place names. The popular California ski resort changed its name to Palisades Tahoe earlier this year. (Tim Dunn/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Interior secretary seeks to rid U.S. of derogatory place names

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some Republican senators labeled Haaland &quot;radical&quot; over her calls to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change, and said that could hurt rural America and major oil and gas-producing states. The label of Haaland as a &quot;radical&quot; by Republican lawmakers is getting pushback from Native Americans. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Native American nominee’s grilling raises questions on bias

By FELICIA FONSECA and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press