Editing Devils Tower (section)

==Name==
Indigenous names for the monolith include "Bear's House" or "Bear's Lodge" (or "Bear's [[Tipi]]", "Home of the Bear", "Bear's Lair"); [[Cheyenne]], {{langx|lkt|Matȟó Thípila}}, {{langx|cro|Daxpitcheeaasáao}} ("Home of Bears"<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Big Horn College Library |url=http://lib.lbhc.edu/placenames.php?q=Daxpitcheeaas%E1ao&d=&s=&submit=Go |access-date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>), "Aloft on a Rock" ([[Kiowa]]), "Tree Rock", "Great Gray Horn",<ref name="nps.gov" /> and "Brown Buffalo Horn" ({{langx|lkt|Ptehé Ǧí}}).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

The name "Devil's Tower" originated in 1875 during an expedition led by Colonel [[Richard Irving Dodge]], when his interpreter reportedly misinterpreted a native name to mean "Bad God's Tower".<ref name="nps.gov">"Why is it called Devils Tower? Some Native Americans called it Mato Tipila, meaning Bear Lodge. Other Native American names include Bear's Tipi, Home of the Bear, Tree Rock and Great Gray Horn. In 1875, on an expedition led by Col. Dodge, it is believed his interpreter misinterpreted the name to mean Bad God's Tower, later shortened to Devils Tower." [http://www.nps.gov/deto/faqs.htm NPS Frequently Asked Questions], accessed July 22, 2008.</ref> All [[information sign]]s in that area use the name "Devils Tower", following a geographic naming standard whereby the apostrophe is omitted.<ref>"Since its inception in 1890, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has discouraged the use of the possessive form—the genitive apostrophe and the 's'. The possessive form using an 's' is allowed, but the apostrophe is almost always removed. The Board's archives contain no indication of the reason for this policy." {{cite web
|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/faqs.htm
|title=USGS Frequently Asked Questions, #18
|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]
|access-date=November 29, 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025045154/http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/faqs.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=25 October 2012
}}</ref>

In 2005, a proposal to recognize several indigenous ties through the additional designation of the monolith as ''Bear Lodge National Historic Landmark'' were opposed by United States Representative [[Barbara Cubin]], arguing that a "name change will harm the tourist trade and bring economic hardship to area communities".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.house.gov/cubin/news/2005/March08e.html |title=Cubin Fights Devils Tower Name Change |access-date=July 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226230212/http://www.house.gov/cubin/news/2005/March08e.html |archive-date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> In November 2014, [[Arvol Looking Horse]] proposed renaming the geographical feature "Bear Lodge" and submitted the request to the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]]. A second proposal was submitted to request that the U.S. acknowledge what it described as the "offensive" mistake in keeping the current name and to rename the monument and sacred site into ''Bear Lodge National Historic Landmark''. The formal public comment period ended in fall 2015. Local state senator [[Ogden Driskill]] opposed the change.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/request-made-to-change-devils-tower-name-to-bear-lodge/article_2be46b92-2f67-5808-bf6d-b73710def9d7.html | newspaper = [[Rapid City Journal]] | access-date = July 19, 2015 | date = June 22, 2015 | agency = [[Associated Press]] | title = Request made to change Devils Tower name to Bear Lodge }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hancock |first1=Laura |title=Proposal could rename Devils Tower to Bear Lodge (with PDFs) |url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/proposal-could-rename-devils-tower-to-bear-lodge-with-pdfs/article_5e2c2b46-7dd8-5e2f-8c1a-b340163eeda9.html |access-date=September 24, 2015 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |date=June 20, 2015 |location=Casper, WY}} PDFs include "Bear Lodge name change proposal" and "National Park Service information on name change".</ref> The name was not changed.