“Denali respects the Indigenous people that ... “It’s always been Mount McKinley,” said Palin, who didn’t respond to a message from The Associated Press. “Nobody was begging for ...
The name reflected the colonial tendency to impose non-Indigenous names on significant landmarks, as Mckinley had little connection to the state of Alaska or the mountain. Denali (Formerly Mount ...
According to the National Park Service, “Mount McKinley” emerged after a gold ... recognized this name until it was changed to Denali by the Obama administration in 2015.