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A brief history of debate over a mountain’s name

Seattle Times · 16h

Denali versus McKinley: a brief history of the debate over a mountain’s name

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.

Politifact · 14h

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.

YAHOO!News · 1d

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,

Trump, Alaska

Alaska Public Media · 1d

Dunleavy praises Trump orders calling for more drilling, logging and mining in Alaska

Dunleavy offered no opinion on Trump's decision to rename Denali as Mount McKinley, saying he wanted to speak with the president before sharing his own view.

Reuters on MSN · 14h

Oil industry unlikely to rush to Alaska despite Trump's call to drill

U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump's executive order enabling them to do so, company officials and industry representatives told Reuters,

Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight

President Donald Trump's aim to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel development as critical to Alaska's economic future and criticized by environmental groups that worry about a warming climate.

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Trump Wants to Rename Denali. Alaska Lawmakers Don’t.

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...

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Trump vows to change the name of Denali, North America's tallest peak, despite Alaska's wishes

Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and ...

3don MSN

Trump signs order seeking to rename Alaska’s Denali and the Gulf of Mexico

President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert ...

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Iconic and Culturally Significant Denali Returning to Presidential Name?

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

Alaska Beacon: Republicans oppose President Trump on Native name change

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 ...

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