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What are they changing Yellowstone park name to?

U.S. Changes Name Of Yellowstone Mountain That Honored U.S. Army Officer, Here's Why. The name of a popular mountain in Yellowstone National Park has now been changed to First Peoples Mountain. The change was made to “remove an offensive name from America's first national park,” the National Park Service explains.



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