
Liz Cheney introduced similar legislation at Lummis and Barrasso’s, which would retain the name “Devils Tower” for both the feature and populated place. The name of the national monument may be changed by an act of Congress or by a presidential proclamation.

The National Park Service has no authority to change the names of the geologic feature, the populated place or the national monument. The name “Devils Tower” was applied to maps of that era, and subsequently used as the name of the national monument when it was proclaimed in 1906. It’s speculated that a guide for Dodge was the source of this translation, and “Bear Lodge” may have been mistakenly interpreted as “Bad God’s.” As a result, “Bad God’s Tower” then became “Devils Tower.” Dodge wrote in his 1875 journal, “The Indians call this shaft ‘The Bad God’s Tower,’ a name adopted, with proper modifications, by our surveyors.” Jenney though the Black Hills to determine the truth of rumors of gold.

Richard Dodge escorted the scientific expedition of geologist Walter P. In a counterclockwise direction, the trail leaves the Visitor. ' and 'Red Beds Trail - 3 miles (4.5 km)The Red Beds Trail is the longest trail in the monument. The names “Bear Lodge,” “Bears Lodge” and “Mato Teepee” were ascribed to the Tower on most maps between 18. Located away from the Tower in the northern section of the park, it takes hikers on a tour of the ridgetop forest, and provides fine views of the north and west faces of Devils Tower. “Devils Tower is well known across the country and around the world as a historical and cultural landmark, and it is critical that we maintain its legacy and its name,” Lummis said. However, Lummis said the monument’s name has been in place too long to be changed now. More than 20 tribes with close association to the tower hold it sacred, and find the application of the name “Devils” to be offensive. In each instance the request is to change “Devils Tower” to “Bear Lodge.” In 2014, a proposal was submitted to the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) on behalf of a spiritual leader of the Lakota Nation to change the names of the geologic feature “Devils Tower” and the community of “Devils Tower, Wyoming.”Ī few weeks later, the President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe wrote to the Secretary of the Interior and others requesting the name “Devils Tower National Monument” be changed. The legislation comes almost seven years after an attempt to change the name of the monument. “It’s the first national monument in the United States, and a place of significance for everyone who sees it, from the tourists who visit to the native peoples and Wyoming residents who live nearby.” “Devils Tower is one of the most iconic sights In Wyoming,” Lummis said in a statement. It has been read twice and sent to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for further discussion. John Barrasso, that would block a potential name change of Devils Tower National Park. Cynthia Lummis introduced legislation, co-sponsored by colleague U.S.
