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.
During his inuagural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley.
President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order seeking to rename the Gulf of Mexico and change the name of North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, back to Mount McKinley.
The President's order to rename Denali, North America's highest peak, back to Mount McKinley does not agree with Alaska ...
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