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 ...
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.
Denali Denali (21,310 ft.), located in Alaska’s Denali National Park, the highest peak in North America and a member of the ...
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