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Troutdale committee to seek tribal input on streets named 'Indian John' and 'Indian Mary'
Summary
City staff and committee members agreed to research the origins of four local streets bearing the words “Indian John” or “Indian Mary” and to contact tribal representatives discreetly to learn whether the names are considered offensive before starting any formal renaming process.
Troutdale staff and advisory committee members agreed on March 2 to research the origins of four local streets that include the names “Indian John” and “Indian Mary” and to contact tribal representatives for advice before pursuing any formal renaming.
Erica, the city’s parks director, told the committee the names surfaced during the parks’ work on naming for Sharon Nesbitt Heritage Park and the Chok Chok Trail and that the city’s development code calls for historically significant street names when new streets are created. “We do have street name and code in our development code, and I kind of outlined what that is through our planning standards,” she said, describing the formal and involved process for changing a street name.
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