Restorative Remapping Project

Secretary Deb Haaland has demonstrated amazing and insightful leadership over and over. States need to adopt this standard and eliminate all Race Based Place Names. Grassroots activists struggle against racist administrative hierarchies around the country often with failed results. We support a Federal solution to the elimination of offensively named places.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moves to ban the word 'squaw' from federal lands "Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands," Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said as she formally declared "squaw" to be a derogatory term.

It’s nice to see scientists addressing aspects of white supremacy culture in their field, but many species are named after “explorers” who used indigenous guides and knowledge to “discover” species and name them after themselves—contributing to the erasure of indigenous knowledge and language of species names. True decolonization of the scientific landscape compels us to go further.

Entomologist Society to rename the gypsy moth The gypsy moth is getting a new name after concerns it is considered an ethnic slur.

As we prepare for our 2nd hearing on June 17th to rename Negro Brook here in southern Vermont, we are glad conversations about other spaces in the world of science and geography are pursuing similar renaming work to deconstruct the indelible stamp of white supremacy wherever we can. We invite all our supporters to consider where in your own communities to look for renaming work.

Many North American birds bear names with racist roots. That's beginning to change As the US continues to reassess its relationship to racism, offensive sports team and school names have changed. Bird names are next, as initiatives like Bird Names for Birds push for change and as the American Ornithological Society makes plans for new guidelines.