Trump, Denali and Alaska

Alaska House members urge Trump to keep the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali
The Alaska House has voted to urge President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali.
Alaska House asks Trump and feds to reverse Denali naming decision
The state Senate is expected to quickly agree with the House's request to keep the name as Denali, which would send it to Washington, D.C.
Alaskans say President Trump can change the name of Denali but can't make people call it Mount McKinley
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.
Alaska House resolution urges Trump administration to keep the name Denali
The House resolution, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, says the name Denali is “deeply ingrained in the state’s culture and identity” and urges Trump to maintain Denali as the peak’s official name in federal databases.
Alaska House majority rejects GOP effort to turn protest of Denali name change into Trump tribute
Republicans in the Alaska House tried Monday to change a resolution objecting to the renaming of Denali to Mount McKinley into a lengthy list of lavish praise for President Donald Trump, who issued the executive order making the change on his first day back in office a week ago,
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 state’s senators prefer the Native name.
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,
Alaska lawmakers signal opposition to Denali name change in resolution
The Alaska House voted Monday to adopt a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his executive order renaming the tallest peak in North America.
Trump says McKinley, but Denali forever is a popular sentiment
A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America’s tallest peak to be ...
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Denali or McKinley: What should the mountain be called and why does it matter?
President Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to revert from Denali to its former name: Mount McKinley ...
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Interior Department says Gulf of Mexico now renamed to Gulf of America, Denali to Mount McKinley
While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.