This Alaskan mountain has long carried two names. For thousands of years, it’s been known as Denali, meaning "the high one" in the Koyukon Athabaskan language, reflecting its deep cultural significance to Alaska’s Indigenous peoples. In 1896, a prospector named it Mount McKinley to support William McKinley’s presidential campaign, tying it to a political moment in U.S. history. After years of debate, the name Denali was officially restored in 2015, recognizing its original Indigenous name. On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to restore the official name to Mount McKinley, honoring the 25th president, but a new petition seeks to preserve the name Denali in honor of Indigenous culture. What do you think? The petition is at our link in bio.
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