Native Americans ask" Whose names are they anyway?"

Comments featuring Helen Coats who grew up in Yosemite

http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/12/in-yosemite-native-americans-ask-whose-names-are-they-anyway

great article- why no comments so far????? in the meantime...why not rename the joyless 'Majestic' to the original Awhaneechee, or similar? job done.

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great article- why no comments so far????? in the meantime...why not rename the joyless 'Majestic' to the original Awhaneechee, or similar? job done.

I don't know why anyone has not commented. Maybe everyone is sick of the whole thing. As for Awhaneehee, I had thought about that too or maybe Ahwahnee Meadow Lodge or Hotel but maybe they are too close to the original name. Confusing since they made Yosemite Lodge at the Falls to Yosemite Valley Lodge.

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pines

great article- why no comments so far????? in the meantime...why not rename the joyless 'Majestic' to the original Awhaneechee, or similar? job done.

I don't know why anyone has not commented. Maybe everyone is sick of the whole thing. As for Awhaneehee, I had thought about that too or maybe Ahwahnee Meadow Lodge or Hotel but maybe they are too close to the original name. Confusing since they made Yosemite Lodge at the Falls to Yosemite Valley Lodge.

If the Park Service loses its case and can no longer call it the Ahwahnee (without paying DNC), then they could rename it to Hotel Tissaack.

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great article- why no comments so far????? in the meantime...why not rename the joyless 'Majestic' to the original Awhaneechee, or similar? job done.

I don't know why anyone has not commented. Maybe everyone is sick of the whole thing. As for Awhaneehee, I had thought about that too or maybe Ahwahnee Meadow Lodge or Hotel but maybe they are too close to the original name. Confusing since they made Yosemite Lodge at the Falls to Yosemite Valley Lodge.

If the Park Service loses its case and can no longer call it the Ahwahnee (without paying DNC), then they could rename it to Hotel Tissaack.

I can't even begin to image the difficulty that people would have with that name since some people can't even figure out how to say Ahwahnee. LOL

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I can't even begin to image the difficulty that people would have with that name since some people can't even figure out how to say Ahwahnee. LOL

Well then... they should just stick to calling it the Majestic Hotel (the name being so much easier to pronounce than the Ahwahnee).

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I can't even begin to image the difficulty that people would have with that name since some people can't even figure out how to say Ahwahnee. LOL

Well then... they should just stick to calling it the Majestic Hotel (the name being so much easier to pronounce than the Ahwahnee).

After almost 30 years of going to Yosemite I am still not sure how to pronounce Tissaack LOL

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After almost 30 years of going to Yosemite I am still not sure how to pronounce Tissaack LOL

An Hawaiian would know how.

Tis-sa-ack.

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After almost 30 years of going to Yosemite I am still not sure how to pronounce Tissaack LOL

An Hawaiian would know how.

Tis-sa-ack.

I am not a Hawaiian but it looks like I guessed correctly.