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Piestewa Peak (Phoenix, Arizona)

USA / Arizona / Phoenix / Phoenix, Arizona
 mountain, park, hiking
Elevation 2608 ft
Formerly named Squaw Peak (an archaic racist slur for Native Americans), the mountain and the surrounding park was renamed by Governor Janet Napolitano to honor PFC Lori Piestewa - killed in Iraq in 2003.
This part of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. The trail that winds up the mountain is one of the most popular hiking trails in the country!
www.activearizona.com/Region/10.aspx
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piestewa_Peak
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Coordinates:   33°33'14"N   112°0'29"W

Comments

  • TRANQUANG8800 (guest)
  • InvaderZIM
    What's wrong, TRANQUANG8800?
  • Brosideon (guest)
    It's still Squaw Peak. Nobody bought into the Piestewa thing.
  • Wren (guest)
    False, Brosideon. Everybody calls it Piestewa Peak except for people who harbor a bizarre emotional investment in bigotry.
  • dragonfly (guest)
    it is Squaw Peak, this is coming from a Phx native, Besides, who names a mountain for someone that gets lost ? gov napolatano violated the geographics naming by suspending the rules, pure political BS
  • Wren (guest)
    I haven't heard the name "Cunt Peak" -- oops, that's the English translation of "Squaw Peak" -- in at least five years. Maybe you feel that because this dead soldier was Native American she doesn't deserve to have something named in her honor?
  • USSoldier (guest)
    Cowards! Why don't all you MEN join the military to defend your right to speak instead of desecrating a brave WOMAN who had the guts to do something for her country?
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