Dead Warrior Lake

Dead Indian Lake now offically Dead Warrior Lake.

Call it what you want, but officially, there no longer is a Dead Indian Lake in Roger Mills County.

The official name now is Dead Warrior Lake, ending for some a controversy over the lake's name that has been going on for almost a decade.

The final decision on the lake's name came in June, when the U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted to change the name, which it considered offensive to American Indians.

But the decision has had little effect at the local level.

More... (NewsOK.com)

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