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SHOCKING: Popular grand canyon hiking spot changes racially offensive name | Mind Blowing Facts

Bright Angel Trail near Havasupai Gardens in Grand Canyon National Park.
Bright Angel Trail near Havasupai Gardens in Grand Canyon national park. Photograph: Rwi Fine Art Photography/Alamy

A popular hiking spot in the Grand Canyon is changing its racially offensive name after an agreement was reached with a local Native American tribe.

Indian Gardens – which is a location along the park’s Bright Angel Trail – will now be called Havasupai Gardens, the National Park Service said in a statement. It was previously known as Ha’a Gyoh in the Havasupai language.

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