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It's not something I encounter that often, but some people do still have phrase names like that (most of them Native American, I'd guess, yet I wouldn't think it was appropriative the way a tribe name sounds - they're English word names, even if influenced by pop culture - it's not like White, Dove, or Bear are culturally unique name meanings). Red Fawn is a modern example I've seen. I know a Dove, and there are lots of people named Bear (including a singer I like called Bear Fox who is Mohawk, though officially I think her first name is Theresa, and I've otherwise only seen it as masculine - some other musicians being Julian "Bear" McCreary and Nahko "Bear"). It happens enough that it doesn't seem archaic to me.

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Happy Hunting Ground does sound dumb, like Paradise Pasture or something, but I can imagine a satire version spinning it as a road name. There are lots of weird road names like that.

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ETA: I just listened to the song, and I hate it. I do like "Kaw Liga", which is maybe comparable: it's gimmicky, playing on stereotypes in a way that's potentially offensive.

This message was edited 6/26/2023, 6:03 PM