GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan push to change Mount
McKinley’s name back to Denali following President Donald Trump’s move
to change the name.
According to a press release, Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Murkowski
(R-Alaska) have reintroduced a measure to change the name of the
tallest mountain in North America back to Denali.
“In Alaska, it’s Denali,” Murkowski said. “Once you see it in person,
and take in the majesty of its size and breathe in its cold air, you
can understand why the Koyukon Athabascans referred to it as ‘The Great
One.’ This isn’t a political issue – Alaskans from every walk of life
have long been advocating for this mountain to be recognized by its true
name. That’s why today I once again introduced legislation that would
officially keep this mountain’s quintessential name, ‘Denali.’”
On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order to rename
the mountain from Denali to Mount McKinley in honor of President
William McKinley, who was killed in 1901.
“In 1917, the country officially honored President McKinley through
the naming of North America’s highest peak. Yet after nearly a century,
President Obama’s administration, in 2015, stripped the McKinley name
from federal nomenclature, an affront to President McKinley’s life, his
achievements, and his sacrifice,” the executive order declares.
The order directed the Interior secretary to “reinstate the name ‘Mount McKinley.’”
“The Secretary shall subsequently update the Geographic Names
Information System (GNIS) to reflect the renaming and reinstatement of
Mount McKinley. The national park area surrounding Mount McKinley shall
retain the name Denali National Park and Preserve,” the order states.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued an order to change the name
from Mount McKinley to Denali in 2015 while President Barack Obama held
office.
“President Obama wants to change the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali
after more than 100 years. Great insult to Ohio. I will change back!”
Trump declared in an August 2015 tweet.
The same order to change the name back to Mt. McKinley instructed the
Interior Secretary to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America.
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