Dancing Lady Mountain

Dancing Lady Mountain is a summit in Glacier County, Montana, in the United States.[1] It is located within Glacier National Park. With an elevation of 7,339 feet (2,237 m), Dancing Lady Mountain is the 1286th highest summit in Montana.[2]

Dancing Lady is derived from a Blackfoot-language name.[3] The mountain's former name of Squaw Mountain was changed due to ongoing controversy over the term "squaw".[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dancing Lady Mountain
  2. ↑ "Dancing Lady Mountain". Peakery.com. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
  4. ↑ Yenne, Bill (2006). Glacier National Park. Arcadia Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7385-3011-6.


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