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Troutdale parks panel recommends historic review of streets using 'Indian' name
Summary
The Parks Advisory Committee voted to recommend forwarding review of streets named with the word “Indian” to the Historic Landmarks Commission for factual research and then to the Citizens Advisory Committee for community input; one member opposed the referral, and a resident spoke against renaming because of potential personal costs.
A Troutdale Parks Advisory Committee motion to refer a proposal to rename streets containing the word “Indian” to the Historic Landmarks Commission passed in a voice vote after staff read a report recommending changes grounded in local historical records.
The report, prepared at the request of Community Development Director Eric Palmer and read aloud by a parks staffer, recommended changing the name Indian John to “Old John” and Indian Mary to “Mary Tibbets.” The staff memo said local records show Old John was the name by which the late-19th-century indigenous…
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