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“It’s been an ongoing discussion in the community,” says Lisa Bryant, spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Moab, Utah. “The way people have looked at it has been evolving and the way BLM looks at it has evolved. The BLM is now on record of being in favor of renaming the trailhead and the canyon.” Thus, the signs for the “Negro Bill” trailhead have been replaced: “Grandstaff Trailhead” is the new name. William Grandstaff was “Negro Bill” — a black cowboy who ran cattle in the area in the 1870s. Elizabeth Tubbs, Grand County’s Council Chair, was against the change as it created “a teaching moment in our history,” and laments, “I don’t think we’ll ever get a question about that canyon again.” The president of the area chapter of the NAACP is also on record as opposing the change, saying the original name made it clear that the canyon was named for a historical black figure. (RC/Deseret News) ...“Now: about the name of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People....”