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Source: Associated Press
Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley
By MARK THIESSEN
Updated 11:03 AM EST, January 26, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life.
The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his kennel and mushing tourism business just 8 miles (12.87 kilometers) from Denali National Park and Preserve’s entrance, and the 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) mountain looms large as he trains his dogs on nearby trails.
King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley -- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.
For many who live near Denali, Trump’s suggestion was peculiar.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-alaska-denali-mckinley-name-39c6e735fc56f4046200259cfe9e9934
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Aristus
(69,075 posts)That's pretty much on-brand for him. It would have been more surprising if President "Gulf Of America" hadn't suggested it.
Eugene
(63,147 posts)Nobody the speaker in Alaska knows supports this.
Ilsa
(62,487 posts)A little active resistance can be a good thing.
The Madcap
(876 posts)That have Mt. Denali stamped on them?
malaise
(280,733 posts)I will never change the name
Jim__
(14,578 posts)Cha
(307,131 posts)Authoritarian Monstrosity
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
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thinkingagain
(1,232 posts)It’s hard to make people think to call it something else.
For example the Battle of Bunker Hill
Most people know it as that
But it was really fought on Breeds hill
But almost no one calls the battle that.