Mt. Rainier (or "Tacoma", as the Puyallup Tribe calls it) from Dune Peninsula Park at Point Defiance in the City of Tacoma
Submitted by TryingToBeHere t3_11cvi42 in Washington
Sometimes the native name is spelled Tahoma or Takhoma, but the Puyallup Tribe has clarified the name and preferred spelling -- "Tacoma" like the city.
Tahoma is closer to the pronunciation in Sahaptin (the language of the Yakama, Klickitat, Upper Cowlitz, and other groups).
We need to officially change the name back from Rainier to Tahoma.
The did it with McKinley (now Denali) in Alaska, surely they can do it here as well.
Especially since Rainier’s namesake fought against American sailors in the Revolutionary War.
There's a ton of references to it like the Mt. Tahoma schools
Right, Mt.Tacoma
I'm a fan.
I didn’t know that!
Yeah it was Mt. Tahoma until somewhere in the 1790’s when a white colonizer guy arrived in the area and “named” the mountain after his buddy back home.
The Puyallup tribe is one of many tribes in Washington.
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