Give the mountain back its rightful Indian name

James Crippen jcrippen at GMAIL.COM
Thu Mar 26 23:24:01 UTC 2009


An editorial from the News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) about renaming
major landmarks with their traditional names. Dena'ina gets a mention
from "Mt. McKinley", which Alaskans know as Denali.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/686190.html

For those curious, there is a reason why the US government still
refers to North America's highest mountain as "Mt. McKinley" rather
than the Alaska state mandated name "Denali". US Representative Ralph
Regula represented the home town of President McKinley in Ohio, and
has actively blocked any renaming since 1975. He retired this year, so
there is some rising interest in finally having the name changed.

James



More information about the Athapbasckan-L mailing list