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.
The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s ...
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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