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<br />'(he Denver Post Online - News <br /> <br />ODJ834 <br /> <br />Return to Top <br />Return to New~ <br />Return to Post Home <br /> <br />Meanwhile, govemment agencies are preparing to replace the old name <br />with the new. To keep costs down, officials say they probably will wait <br />until old squawfish signs and brochures are used up before paying for <br />new pikeminnow literature. <br /> <br />"We knew this would cause us to have to change all our signs and <br />information and education materials, and we weren't looking forward to <br />that," said Pat Nelson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "But the <br />term squaw has been considered offensive to Native Americans for <br />quite a while, and we don't want to offend people." <br /> <br />Other names scrutinized <br /> <br />Now there's talk of changing the names of other fish, especially the <br />jewfish, a large saltwater grouper. Some scientists are ready to draw the <br />line, though, on one namechange candidate. <br /> <br />"Slippery dick is just such an old, widely used name," said Dick <br />Robins, fonner chainnan of the Names of Fishes Committee. "What <br />are you going to do next - change the name of the Grand T elons?" <br /> <br />Still, Robins is proud that "squawfish" is no more. <br /> <br />"This was the right thing to do," Robins said. "1 do wonder what the <br />biTd people will do with a duck called the Old Squaw. But that's their <br />deal." <br /> <br />Copyright 1999 The Denver Post. All righls reserved, This material may not be <br />published, broadcast. rewritten or redistributed, <br /> <br />http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0328c.htm <br /> <br />Page 3 of3 <br /> <br />3/31/99 <br />