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In Yosemite, Native Americans Ask, 'Whose Names Are They, Anyway?'

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People around the world are weighing in on the controversy in Yosemite National Park. The names of some historic buildings are gone while the park service and the company Delaware North are locked in a trademark dispute. Some of those names, like the Ahawhnee, are derived from Native American languages. We travel to Yosemite to ask some Native Americans with deep roots in the park what they think.

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