Reclaiming Traditional Place Names

Description: 

Jesse Nett, Regional Cartographer and Geographic Names Advisor, discusses the steps to reclaim and restore indigenous names to the landscape at the 2022 ATALM annual conference held in Temecula, California on October 25-27, 2022.

U.S Board on Geographic Names Domestic Names Proposal Form: 

https://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pubs/BGN_DNC_Proposal_2021.pdf

U.S Board on Geographic Names Domestic Names Website: 

https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names