Fact check: Has the tallest U.S. peak been called Denali for ‘thousands of years’?
One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous ...
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 ...
Alaskans scoff at President Trump’s order renaming Denali
Many Alaskans say they’ll never stop calling the mountain Denali. That name respects the Indigenous people who’ve lived in ...
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An ancient Dene cache discovered at JBER highlights Anchorage’s Indigenous history
The birch bark-lined cellar turned out to be almost a thousand years old – the oldest discovery of its kind in Southcentral ...
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Alaska included among states with highest Alaska Native and Native American absences
“Just a few generations ago, well remembered in our oral history, all of Alaska was Indigenous territory,” the group stated. “Alaska Native languages are the Indigenous languages of this ...
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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, ...
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a ...
Here's why Mt. McKinley's name was previously changed
For decades, Alaskans and Indigenous groups petitioned for the name to be changed back to Denali. Their efforts faced ...
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Denali vs. McKinley: A brief history of the long debate over what to call North America’s highest mountain
Non-Native settlers and visitors arriving in Alaska came up with their own names ... according to a National Park Service history. Denali is lit by the rising sun and framed by spruce trees ...
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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
“Every single person was a hero of equal measure.” Still, while Native Alaskan drivers covered nearly two-thirds of the route, these men received little recognition until the 1970s. A map of ...