d Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. The original proposal for changing the lake’s name came to the committee in April 2010. The current proposal, which contains supporting documents and letters of opposition, runs just shy of 700 pages.
When the original proposal to call the water mass Lake Smokiam arrived in early 2010, the naming board faced its own dilemma. The state legislature had just eliminated it, due to budget cuts. The vote meant Washington was the only state not to have a geographic board. When the group became active again in November 2011, it was rechristened the state naming committee. Staff members who worked with the department of natural resources then became members of the state naming board.
Maki said that not only can state residents comment in writing on proposed names change, the public is invited to comment at committee meetings. When the committee hears proposals for names changes to Squamish Harbor, he said he hopes to have a phonetic pronunciation of duxᵂho’bud. Maki said he’s looking forward to be committee’s discussion on the proposal: “This is one of the doozies.”