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A Northern California town’s name recalls the massacre of Indigenous people. Will changing it bring healing?

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A roadside historical marker near Clear Lake describes the mass killing of Indigenous people, mostly women and children, by U.S. soldiers in 1850. The “Bloody Creek Massacre” and events that triggered it are now the focus of a debate over whether to change the name of nearby Kelseyville. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times/TNS)

A dispute has erupted over a proposal to change a town’s name because of the history it evokes of violence against Indigenous people.


Originally published at Tribune News Service

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