Name changes to several Northern Wisconsin Lakes

NORTHERN WISCONSIN (AP) — More than two dozen lakes and other sites in Wisconsin have been renamed by the government because they included a racist term for a Native American woman.  They’re among nearly 650 peaks, lakes, streams, and other places on federal land in the U.S. that have also been renamed.  The changes capped a nearly year-long process that began when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, an American Indian, took office in 2021 and worked to remove the offensive word from use on federal geographic features and lands.  In Wisconsin, there are 28 places that have been renamed including several bays and creeks in Vilas, Price, Ashland, and Bayfield counties.