Mt. Rainier (or "Tacoma", as the Puyallup Tribe calls it) from Dune Peninsula Park at Point Defiance in the City of TacomaNukeWarz t1_ja7evrd wrote
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which disagrees with the yakama
MurlockHolmes t1_ja82kqe wrote
Which makes sense, the Puyallup were (are) a Lushootseed-speaking Salish tribe. The Yakima lived out east and spoke a different language. Names and pronunciations won't match up 1:1.
NukeWarz t1_ja89se8 wrote
yeah no the only point I'm making is that no one people has like, an 'objective' name for the mountain. many tribes have variations, none of them are 'right'
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