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Trump’s Lake America Order Sparks Tribal Pushback | Texas News
President Trump’s bold move to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” has sparked fierce backlash from the Seneca Nation, who argue it violates a 1794 treaty and erases centuries of cultural heritage. The lake’s Indigenous names — “oniatarí:io” and “sga:nyodai:yoh” — reflect deep historical ties, while New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reject the renaming, affirming its rightful name. This isn’t the first time Trump has attempted to rename U.S. geography — he previously dubbed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” — but this latest action is seen as a…
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