"Samuel Clemens had racist views on the native people of this country and has captured those views in his literature,"Darrel Cruz, head of the tribe's cultural resource department, said in a letter.
Date: May 19, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Nevada withdraws Mark Twain name for Lake Tahoe over racism claims
Tribal representative Darrel Cruz said the writer of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court was undeserving of the Lake Tahoe honour, because he made derogatory comments about the Washoe and other tribes in his literature.