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Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive their place in it. Names can send messages and suggest what is and isn’t valued ...
Renaming Denali back to Mount McKinley, along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, will be among the nearly 200 day-one executive orders Donald Trump is expected to sign after ...
Washington resident Nicholas Vizzini, 29, is the second person to die on Mount McKinley this climbing season, according to the National Park Service Authorities have confirmed the death of a skier who ...
JUNEAU, Alaska — President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he'd floated years ago that at that time saw ...
Could Alaska's Mount McKinley be in danger of developing a Napoleon complex? Well, it's still said to be the tallest peak in North America, so perhaps it won't need to worry about its height just yet.
“It’s always been Mount McKinley,” said Palin, who didn’t respond to a message from The Associated Press. “Nobody was begging for a change in name in that peak.
The peak went by the name of Mount McKinley from 1917 until 2015, when former President Barack Obama changed the name to Denali, which is what the natives originally called the peak.
First, it got a new name. Now, Denali has a new official height. Just days after President Obama changed the name of Alaska's Mount McKinley to the Athabascan word meaning "the high one," the U.S ...
Mount McKinley no more (Becky Bohrer / AP) Updated on August 31 at 11:51a.m. President Obama begins a three-day visit to Alaska today to call for action on climate change.
Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.
Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.