US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great one" to be restored.
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In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...
Denali Denali (21,310 ft.), located in Alaska’s Denali National Park, the highest peak in North America and a member of the ...
Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and ...
The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s ...
Originally known as Mount McKinley, named after the 19th-century Republican president, it was renamed Denali in 2015 to honor ...
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