Trump order seeks to change the name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...
Trump's geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...
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'Misguided': Alaska Native Orgs, Senator Lisa Murkowski Decry Trump’s Denali Move
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, Mount McKinley.
Ryan Walters announces update to OSDE’s history standards to include Gulf of America, Mount McKinley
State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced that the Oklahoma State Department of Education's history standards have been updated to include the terms Gulf of America and Mount McKinley.
AP says it will use Trump’s name change of ‘Mount McKinley’ but not ‘Gulf of Mexico’
The Associated Press said in updated guidance that it will use President Trump’s name change for Mount McKinley but not the Gulf of Mexico. In an announcement Thursday, Amanda Barrett, the AP’s ...
After Trump orders Denali renamed to Mount McKinley, a presidential descendant supports a compromise
Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced opposition to the change.
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US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...
Denali versus McKinley: a brief history of the debate over a mountain’s name
President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.
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AP style guidance on Gulf of Mexico, Mount McKinley
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The body of water has shared borders between the ...