Alaska Public Media2d
Denali or McKinley: What should the mountain be called and why does it matter?
President Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to revert from Denali to its former name: Mount McKinley. We want to hear from you: What should Alaska's highest mountain be ...
Houston Chronicle3d
Fact check: Has the tallest U.S. peak been called Denali for ‘thousands of years’?
The mountain was called Mount McKinley from 1917 to 2015, when the Obama administration renamed it Denali. The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the ...
USA Today2d
Trump says McKinley, but Denali forever a popular Alaskan sentiment
“Denali respects the Indigenous people that ... A comment in favor of the change: “Mt. McKinley, as it was before Obama.” ...
Jon Krakauer and Other Prominent Climbers React to Denali's Name Change to Mount McKinley
Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other climbers and guides react to President Trump’s renaming of Alaska’s ...
Sports Illustrated8d
Iconic and Culturally Significant Denali Returning to Presidential Name?
The name reflected the colonial tendency to impose non-Indigenous names on significant landmarks, as Mckinley had little connection to the state of Alaska or the mountain. Denali (Formerly Mount ...
Yahoo News3d
Erasing Mount Denali
According to the National Park Service, “Mount McKinley” emerged after a gold prospector named ... the U.S. government officially recognized this name until it was changed to Denali by the Obama ...