Mt. Rainier (or "Tacoma", as the Puyallup Tribe calls it) from Dune Peninsula Park at Point Defiance in the City of TacomaTryingToBeHere OP t1_ja59lev wrote
Sometimes the native name is spelled Tahoma or Takhoma, but the Puyallup Tribe has clarified the name and preferred spelling -- "Tacoma" like the city.
Norwester77 t1_ja5f5nm wrote
Tahoma is closer to the pronunciation in Sahaptin (the language of the Yakama, Klickitat, Upper Cowlitz, and other groups).
T-TownDarin t1_ja5ws36 wrote
We need to officially change the name back from Rainier to Tahoma.
jesseboyphotos t1_ja6lubt wrote
The did it with McKinley (now Denali) in Alaska, surely they can do it here as well.
NF-104 t1_ja6px4k wrote
Especially since Rainier’s namesake fought against American sailors in the Revolutionary War.
CpowOfficial t1_ja89c93 wrote
There's a ton of references to it like the Mt. Tahoma schools
bakarac t1_ja6iete wrote
Right, Mt.Tacoma
starfyredragon t1_ja8goaj wrote
I'm a fan.
CascadeClimber t1_ja5dean wrote
I didn’t know that!
DickTooRadical t1_ja6c31o wrote
Yeah it was Mt. Tahoma until somewhere in the 1790’s when a white colonizer guy arrived in the area and “named” the mountain after his buddy back home.
tamarlk t1_ja81pj5 wrote
The Puyallup tribe is one of many tribes in Washington.
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