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Sep 15, 2023 · Mount Evans, the Colorado fourteener named after the state's disgraced territorial governor John Evans, has been given a new name -- Mount Blue Sky -- by the U.S. Board on Geographic...
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Sep 15, 2023 · The U.S. Board on Geographic Names put a period on the dispute between two tribal groups on the new name for Colorado's Mount Evans, selecting Mount Blue Sky on Friday. The vote was 15-1, with three abstentions.
Sep 15, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has voted on the final replacement name for Mount Evans in Colorado. The 25-member Domestic Names Committee (DNC) voted to change the name to Mount Blue Sky for federal use after two nation-to-nation consultations and several years of consideration ...
Sep 15, 2023 · The mountain that towers high above Metro Denver was renamed Friday as Mount Blue Sky. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names decided to rename 14,265-foot Mount Evans during a virtual...
However, due to Evans's involvement in the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, there were years of discussion over renaming Mount Evans. On September 15, 2023, the United States Board on Geographic Names officially changed the mountain's name to Mount Blue Sky.
Sep 15, 2023 · The U.S Board of Geographic Names voted Friday afternoon to rename Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky, honoring the indigenous Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes. The mountain had been named after former territorial governor John Evans.
Sep 15, 2023 · On Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, federal officials renamed the towering mountain southwest of Denver to Mount Blue Sky as part of a national effort to address the history of oppression and violence against Native Americans.
