Mount Denali: A Sacred Name Rightfully Restored (Reply #32)

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Mon Aug 31, 2015, 07:07 AM

Cha (270,235 posts)

32. Mount Denali: A Sacred Name Rightfully Restored

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis: Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali

President Obama announced on Sunday that Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America. The move came on the eve of Mr. Obama’s trip to Alaska, where he will spend three days promoting aggressive action to combat climate change, and is part of a series of steps meant to address the concerns of Alaska Native tribes. The central Alaska mountain has been called Mount McKinley for more than a century. In announcing that Sally Jewell, the secretary of the interior, had used her power to rename it,

Mr. Obama was paying tribute to the state’s Native population, which has referred to the site for generations as Denali, meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The peak, at more than 20,000 feet, plays a central role in the creation story of the Koyukon Athabascans, a group that has lived in Alaska for thousands of years. The White House also announced on Sunday that Mr. Obama was expanding government support for programs to allow Alaska Natives to be more involved in developing their own natural resources, including an initiative to include them in the management of Chinook salmon fisheries, a youth exchange council focusing on promoting “an Arctic way of life,” and a program allowing them to serve as advisers to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
White House says Mount McKinley to be renamed Denali [View all]	TexasTowelie	Aug 2015	OP
I have to be honest...	Hissyspit	Aug 2015	#1
The national park name was changed but they left the peak name McKinley n/t	Gormy Cuss	Aug 2015	#7
O.k., thanks. That's why I was confused.	Hissyspit	Aug 2015	#9
This message was self-deleted by its author	Hissyspit	Aug 2015	#44
As an Alaskan, I am VERY happy to hear this	d_b	Aug 2015	#2
If that's what the people of Alaska want then that's good	47of74	Aug 2015	#3
And if the people of South Carolina want the Stars and Bars...	Psephos	Aug 2015	#26
??	blackspade	Aug 2015	#38
Pretty much. Also, what is to keep one of his successors from changing it back?	razorman	Aug 2015	#45
Then for fairness, we'll rename the confederate battle flag.	LanternWaste	Aug 2015	#46
When a sage points at the moon...	Psephos	Sep 2015	#47
This is the right thing to do!!	wolfie001	Aug 2015	#4
Agree!	mountain grammy	Aug 2015	#24
From what I've read, "Denali" is the original name anyway.	DinahMoeHum	Aug 2015	#5
About time!	joe_stampingbull	Aug 2015	#6
Excellent!	City Lights	Aug 2015	#8
Dead for 114 years; not sure who'd have legitimate butthurt over it.	DRoseDARs	Aug 2015	#10
I bet John of Bronze is all bent out of shape about this.	47of74	Aug 2015	#11
Oh dear, forgot he represents Ohio.	DRoseDARs	Aug 2015	#12
Yes he is...	progressoid	Aug 2015	#41
RNC Official Furious At New Mexico Gov Disrespecting General Custer, By Meeting Indians	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Aug 2015	#16
The first words I saw were "dumb horrible people everywhere"	DRoseDARs	Aug 2015	#18
What did Custer have to do with New Mexico?	Retrograde	Aug 2015	#28
Wow. That brand of crazy never ceases to amaze.	trillion	Aug 2015	#31
The trump racists(i mean republicans) will care. They can't stand the indians getting a name changed	trillion	Aug 2015	#30
They're already bitching...	progressoid	Aug 2015	#40
This native Buckeye doesn't care. nt	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2015	#42
McKinley was known as a quiet, humble sort of fellow	Adenoid_Hynkel	Sep 2015	#48
Well done!	Hekate	Aug 2015	#13
Cue faux news outrage	Va Lefty	Aug 2015	#14
They'll claim Denali is an African name.	louis-t	Aug 2015	#35
'Denali' Is Not a Kenyan Word For 'Black Power'	pokerfan	Sep 2015	#49
PLEASE x post in First Americans	Omaha Steve	Aug 2015	#15
Thanks, I'll go ahead and do that.	TexasTowelie	Aug 2015	#17
Save the Denali Wolves.	glinda	Aug 2015	#19
It has been called Denali for long time	Geronimoe	Aug 2015	#20
WTF?! I thought this was done and over...	Xolodno	Aug 2015	#21
good deal....	dhill926	Aug 2015	#22
So, he's taking away a good, honorable American name	nichomachus	Aug 2015	#23
did you forget that all important	UpInArms	Aug 2015	#25
"Denali: it's not just a river in Egypt!"	struggle4progress	Aug 2015	#27
Nope	nichomachus	Aug 2015	#43
1. Awesome, 2. Queue the republicans against poltical correctness(meaning the racist and sexists who	trillion	Aug 2015	#29
Mount Denali: A Sacred Name Rightfully Restored	Cha	Aug 2015	#32
I'm a native of Ohio.	OnionPatch	Aug 2015	#33
Seriously! From another Buckeye	Maeve	Aug 2015	#39
If this angers & confuses the Repukes then I'm for it.	GOLGO 13	Aug 2015	#34
maybe if he changed the name to mt denial to honor the gop on climate change	dembotoz	Aug 2015	#36
A good change.	blackspade	Aug 2015	#37

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