White House says Mount McKinley to be renamed Denali
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama will change the name of North America's tallest mountain peak from Mount McKinley to Denali, the White House said Sunday, bestowing the traditional Alaska Native name on the eve of a historic presidential visit to Alaska.
By renaming the peak Denali, an Athabascan word meaning "the high one," Obama is wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict between residents of Alaska and Ohio. Alaskans have informally called the 20,320-foot mountain Denali for years, but the federal government recognizes its name invoking the 25th president, William McKinley, who was born in Ohio and assassinated early in his second term.
"With our own sense of reverence for this place, we are officially renaming the mountain Denali in recognition of the traditions of Alaska Natives and the strong support of the people of Alaska," said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
The announcement came as Obama prepared to depart early Monday on a three-day visit to Alaska, becoming the first sitting president to travel north of the Arctic Circle. As part of his visit, Obama is attempting to show solidarity with Alaska Natives, and planned to hold a round-table session with a group of Alaska Natives just after arriving Monday in Anchorage.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/article/White-House-says-Mount-McKinley-to-be-renamed-6474781.php
Republican poutrage in 3, 2, 1 ...
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)I'm a former resident of Alaska. I thought we had done this a long time ago.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)Response to Gormy Cuss (Reply #7)
Hissyspit This message was self-deleted by its author.
d_b
(7,463 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)And yeah that was about what I was going to type too about Republican poutrage....
Psephos
(8,032 posts)...you can see where this type of logic leads.
There is no equivalency between the two.
razorman
(1,644 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Then for fairness, we'll rename the confederate battle flag. That's about as far as "this kind of logic" can take us.
Psephos
(8,032 posts)...fools look at his finger.
- Sufi proverb
wolfie001
(2,227 posts)....and if it pisses off a repuke, then it's a two-fer!
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)So I have no real issue with it.
joe_stampingbull
(165 posts)That worthless president had nothing to do with the mountain.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)This is great news.
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Let the 3 Ohioans who care (probably just historians that aren't THAT invested in the matter) rename a mountain in their state.
47of74
(18,470 posts)I wonder if the weeping cheeto has gone back to a tavern to drown his sorrows?
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)I bet his bitter tears taste delicious.
progressoid
(49,988 posts)"McKinley served our country with distinction during the Civil War as a member of the Army. He made a difference for his constituents and his state as a member of the House of Representatives and as Governor of the great state of Ohio. And he led this nation to prosperity and victory in the Spanish-American War as the 25th President of the United States," the speaker said in a statement. "Im deeply disappointed in this decision.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/denali-mt-mckinley-alaska-barack-obama-republican-reaction-213178#ixzz3kPFJsFdX
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)As the page loaded, those appeared first.
A-yup.
Retrograde
(10,136 posts)Aside from his Civil War service, he served mainly on the northern Plains - a thousand miles or so from NM.
trillion
(1,859 posts)trillion
(1,859 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)Obama just changed the name of Alaska's tallest mountain. That really ticked off Ohio.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/574605/obama-just-changed-name-alaskas-tallest-mountain-that-really-ticked-ohio
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)and would have been fine with the feds calling it Denali
Hekate
(90,674 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)louis-t
(23,292 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Conservatives reacted accordingly when the White House announced President Obamas plan to rename Mt. McKinley, named for President William McKinley, after its traditional Athabaskan name, Denali.
Most of the criticism consisted of the usual accusations Obama overstepping his power in the executive branch, ignoring the U.S. Congress (where a similar discussion has been ongoing for years), and a litany of other supposedly impeachable offenses.
However, perhaps the most volatile yet otherwise unsurprising bit of flack came in the form of a rather misinformed meme. The meme claims that Denali is a Kenyan word for black power:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/no-denali-is-not-a-kenyan-word-for-black-power/
Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,158 posts)I don't recall ever posting in that group so it will be a first for me.
glinda
(14,807 posts)Maybe this will help?????
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)Alaskans have been calling it Denali, including Federal Park rangers, for over 20 years.
Xolodno
(6,390 posts)I've always referred it as Denali and a National Park I want to visit. Now thinking about it....maybe that's how it got away with it. Park was named Denali....the mountain named McKinley. If McKinley created a national park that consisted of the area...yeah..I can see it. But he didn't.
Dahmn! and Shitzu!
dhill926
(16,337 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)And replacing it with some Muslim name -- figures.
UpInArms
(51,282 posts)Smilie?
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Left it off on purpose. I figured it was a good way to smoke out all the people who would be too stupid to realize it was satire.
trillion
(1,859 posts)want to use the n word and other slurs) act like they're all butt hurt over this.
Anyway, good job Mr. Prez!
Cha
(297,196 posts)snip//
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. Obamas 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 states 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.
MOre.. & More Pics..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/08/30/mount-denali-a-sacred-name-rightfully-restored/
OnionPatch
(6,169 posts)I couldn't care less if there's a mountain named after McKinley. How absurd. Give Denali back its true name!
Maeve
(42,282 posts)And hey, can we start getting Reagan's name off so much stuff while we're at it?
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Denali now
Denali tommorrow
Denali forever.
dembotoz
(16,802 posts)after trying to change the name of every damn piece of landscape for traitor ray guns they doth protest too much...
blackspade
(10,056 posts)I have always called it Denali except on tests way back in the day.
I prefer most Native American names for places like this. It adds a rich cultural overlay to our euro-centric society.
The old names have far greater meaning than their Anglo names.