Colorado's Mount Evans name change to Mount Blue Sky up for vote Friday
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which has final approval authority over name changes on geographic locations, is planning to vote on Friday on a proposal from Colorado to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky.
Last November, Colorado's Geographic Naming Advisory Board unanimously recommended approving the change to Mount Blue Sky, a name supported by the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma.
The recommendation went to Gov. Jared Polis, who forwarded it to the federal naming board.
But a request from a tribal government for a "government-to-government consultation” regarding the renaming abruptly halted the federal board's vote in March.