Suicide Six name change

[BodeMiller1]

Cannon II has a nice ring to it.

 

[deadheadskier]

Saskadena Six Ski Area

Our New Name

The Name Has Changed. The Mountain You Love Hasn't.

www.saskadenasix.com

Odd to be going with an Indian name given so many other places are dropping references to Native Americans

 

[trackbiker]

Saskadena Six Ski Area

Our New Name

The Name Has Changed. The Mountain You Love Hasn't.

www.saskadenasix.com

Odd to be going with an Indian name given so many other places are dropping references to Native Americans

It's an Indian term in their native tongue, not a derogatory English name.
A lot of places in my area (creeks, towns, schools, etc.) have Indian names like that and no one is offended.

 

[machski]

It's an Indian term in their native tongue, not a derogatory English name.
A lot of places in my area (creeks, towns, schools, etc.) have Indian names like that and no one is offended.

Mount KcKinley is back to its native name Denali officially now. To my knowledge, the Chicago NHL club has no intention of changing its name or logo. Not sure Blackhawks would be considered English derogatory or not and I guess with that name, they could change the logo to a bird and keep the name. I know this, at least it is a name with some tie to tthe local area. Cleveland Guardians, still a bit odd for me and just doesn't seem to have a strong tie to the city/region.

 

[Conrad]

Unlike many slang names for native Americans (i.e. "Indians," "Red Skins," "Squaws," etcetera), the Chicago Blackhawks are named after a real life native American leader named Black Hawk who fought against the U.S. in the state of Illinois. Therefore, usually the name is thought to honor his legacy, not be derogatory.

 

[djd66]

The new name is strange, like some of the posts on this forum.

 

[PAabe]

I actually like the name. A lot better than most generic names - fitting to replace Suicide Six

 

[mister moose]

Cleveland Guardians, still a bit odd for me and just doesn't seem to have a strong tie to the city/region.

How about the Yard Goats?

"It's the little old skier from Saskadena..." I bet they didn't think of that before choosing that name. Probably chose real fast and chose real hard, now it's the song they'll be singing on Woodstock boulevard...

 

[drjeff]

How about the Yard Goats?

"It's the little old skier from Saskadena..." I bet they didn't think of that before choosing that name. Probably chose real fast and chose real hard, now it's the song they'll be singing on Woodstock boulevard...

That name always, and still does, strike me as a weird one, then when I learned about the history behind it and it's tie into Hartford's past railway history, and found out that a yard goat is/was one of the smaller train locomotives used in railyards to position railcars for another locomative to take over for those cars journey's to their next destination, it made maybe 0.01% sense!

 

[SenorQuesadilla]

Would seem like business malpractice to start a minor league baseball team and not give it a weird name so you can sell merch + draw more attention.

 

[Smellytele]

Mount KcKinley is back to its native name Denali officially now. To my knowledge, the Chicago NHL club has no intention of changing its name or logo. Not sure Blackhawks would be considered English derogatory or not and I guess with that name, they could change the logo to a bird and keep the name. I know this, at least it is a name with some tie to tthe local area. Cleveland Guardians, still a bit odd for me and just doesn't seem to have a strong tie to the city/region.

Cleveland guardians fit with as it just takes out the In and replaced it with guar on their uniforms and other merch.
Also the guardians are referring to the hope memorial bridge…

 

[BodeMiller1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, President Obama changed the name of Mt. Washington (N.H. Presidential Range) back to the native name.

I like the new name. The most derogatory name from the Indian era, as we all know, is big Squaw Mt. Maine.

Big Squaw, Greenville, Maine

www.nelsap.org

 

[Edd]

Correct me if I'm wrong, President Obama changed the name of Mt. Washington (N.H. Presidential Range) back to the native name.

Big Squaw, Greenville, Maine

www.nelsap.org

I’m not finding much on that. Never heard of it happening.

Mt. McKinley is now Denali - will we soon be driving up the Agiocochook Auto Road? - Granite Geek

UPDATE: After I filed this, Ken Gallager contacted me and said he had forgotten that “Agiocochook Crag” was named in 2010 – it’s a small prominence near the Mt. Washington Auto Road. So I’ll have to tweak the story for print. Now that Alaska’s Mt. McKinley will officially become Denali, the...

granitegeek.concordmonitor.com

 

[machski]

Cleveland guardians fit with as it just takes out the In and replaced it with guar on their uniforms and other merch.
Also the guardians are referring to the hope memorial bridge…
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I knew it refered to the bridge, just odd to name a team after a road structure. Especially a team on a lake front, had to be more history to draw from. Perhaps they should have done what the Washington Football Club did and take a year or so in between to really search out a new name. The Commanders may leave some to be desired, but makes sense in DC to me.

 

[ne_skier]

To my knowledge, the Chicago NHL club has no intention of changing its name or logo. Not sure Blackhawks would be considered English derogatory or not and I guess with that name, they could change the logo to a bird and keep the name. I know this, at least it is a name with some tie to tthe local area.

Unlike other sports team names of the likes of Redskins, Indians, etc whose names were general offensive terms, the Blackhawks are named after the 86th Infantry Division (Which their first owner served in), nicknamed the Black Hawk division, which itself was named after Black Hawk, a native war chief residing in the Chicago area for much of the early 19th century. I guess you could say the logo could be seen as derogatory, although the Blackhawks grant it some dignity unlike the Redskins or Indians, ie. they don't portray their namesake as being loud, drunk and stupid

It's an Indian term in their native tongue, not a derogatory English name.
A lot of places in my area (creeks, towns, schools, etc.) have Indian names like that and no one is offended.

According to the people at Belleayre, just having a name make reference to a tool invented by Native Americans is enough to have a lift stripped of said name, but whatever. I don't see people objecting to the new name on this basis.

 

[raisingarizona]

Do Native American names help ease the white guilt so many extreme leftist suffer from?

This cancel culture crap is seriously getting ridiculous.

 

[JimG.]

I knew it refered to the bridge, just odd to name a team after a road structure. Especially a team on a lake front, had to be more history to draw from. Perhaps they should have done what the Washington Football Club did and take a year or so in between to really search out a new name. The Commanders may leave some to be desired, but makes sense in DC to me.

Except that one could use the nickname "Commies" for short.

 

[2planks2coasts]

Do Native American names help ease the white guilt so many extreme leftist suffer from?

This cancel culture crap is seriously getting ridiculous.

If it bothers you so much, you really shouldn't ski there. Wouldn't want you to compromise your ..uh...principles now, would we?

 

[Domeskier]

Do Native American names help ease the white guilt so many extreme leftist suffer from?

As long as the entity is not too financially successful:

https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...-stellantis-brand-cherokee-nation/4584322001/

 

[tnt1234]

What is the story behind the name "Suicide Six".

Always seemed odd to me. Just a weird thing to market.