Indigenous Alaskans and Republicans dismayed by Trump’s Denali renaming
Obama had restored peak’s Koyukon Athabascan name, undoing designation in honor of 25th US president
Donald Trump’s pledge to rename the highest mountain in North America has sparked backlash among some Indigenous Alaskans and Alaskan lawmakers, including Republicans.
Trump reiterated his intentions to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley during his inaugural address. Barack Obama had dubbed the mountain Denali during his presidency, undoing the 1917 designation made in honor of the 25th president, William McKinley.
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