Trump vows to revert name of Alaska’s highest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley
President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday,
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.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, Mount McKinley.
Alaska's top lawmakers oppose Trump's plan to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, advocating for the name that honors the region's Indigenous heritage.
The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s ...
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Denali, North America's tallest mountain, stripped of its indigenous name by President TrumpThe peak was known as Mount McKinley until 2015, when President Obama changed it in recognition of its 10,000 year old ...
The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska senator.
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