Mt. Rainier (or "Tacoma", as the Puyallup Tribe calls it) from Dune Peninsula Park at Point Defiance in the City of TacomaTryingToBeHere OP t1_ja6gk26 wrote
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Not according the Puyallup Tribe
NukeWarz t1_ja7evrd wrote
which disagrees with the yakama
MurlockHolmes t1_ja82kqe wrote
Which makes sense, the Puyallup were (are) a Lushootseed-speaking Salish tribe. The Yakima lived out east and spoke a different language. Names and pronunciations won't match up 1:1.
NukeWarz t1_ja89se8 wrote
yeah no the only point I'm making is that no one people has like, an 'objective' name for the mountain. many tribes have variations, none of them are 'right'
oldgar t1_ja6j0t8 wrote
Mount Rainier (/reɪˈnɪər/), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 miles (95 km) south-southeast of Seattle.
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